POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC--(Marketwire - November 16, 2007) -
www.DigitalMediaStocks.com,
an investor and industry portal for the digital media sector within
Investorideas.com, reports on the problem of piracy and the solutions
available in technology and enforcement . According to recent reports from
the MPAA, film theft costs foreign and domestic distributors, retailers and
others $18 billion a year. As the industry pushes for new technology, new
legislation and law enforcement, the pirates continue to show no fear as
evidenced by the recent flooding of the underground DVD copy of "American
Gangster."
The industry recognizes the need for advancement in technology to stop the
sophisticated thieves and enforcement to remind the average online user
that anyone who sells, acquires, copies or distributes copyrighted
materials without permission is in fact a pirate and can be charged
accordingly.
USA Video Interactive Corp. (
OTCBB:
USVO) (
TSX-V:
US) (
BERLIN:
USF)
(
FRANKFURT:
USF) has been working closely with Hollywood, with a major
studio signing an agreement to use their MediaEscort™ anti-piracy
product.
MediaEscort is a software application that resides on customers' video
servers and automatically and seamlessly embeds SmartMarks (invisible
forensic information in every frame of video content) during Internet
delivery.
Mr. Patrick Gregston, Business Development for USA Video Interactive Corp.,
commented,"The technology provides proof courts need to protect
intellectual property rights. Attempts to prohibit or prevent human nature
from manifesting are likely to put the industry in an unenviable position.
What we do want to do is secure the marketplace so that transactions return
benefits to those that took risk in making the product available."
According to the MPAA the demographic profile of the average pirate is
male, between the ages of 16 and 24 and lives in an urban area, while
college students in the United States, South Korea and Hungary contribute
the most to each country's individual loss.
The countries where movie piracy is occurring most prominently are China,
Russia, Britain, France, Spain, Brazil, Italy, Poland and Mexico.
US Government is hearing the industry's cry, with the recently introduced
Intellectual Property Enforcement Act of 2007.
According to a recent release from the MPAA, Chairman and CEO Dan Glickman
said he was pleased to see the introduction of Senators Leahy and Cornyn's
"Intellectual Property Enforcement Act of 2007" and encouraged by their
commitment to protect America's intellectual content from theft. The MPAA
serves as the film industry's primary agency for combating copyright theft.
"I applaud Senators Leahy and Cornyn's leadership in working to ensure that
adequate resources are available to enforce our nation's intellectual
property laws," Glickman said. "Every year 141,000 jobs are lost in the
film industry alone due to piracy. This legislation is a solid step that
will help keep America's economy strong and I look forward to working with
the chairman, Senator Cornyn and the Judiciary Committee on this important
issue."
What are some of legal options available to the online user?
CinemaNow: www.cinemanow.com
IFilm: www.ifilm.com
Movieflix: www.movieflix.com
Movielink: www.movielink.com
Starz! Ticket on Real Movies: www.real.com/partners/starz/starz.asp
In closing, Mr. Patrick Gregston, Business Development for USA Video
Interactive Corp., reminds us, "Both policy and policing are required and
both need monitoring and revision and always will."
Digital Media Showcase Company:
USA Video Interactive Corp. (
OTCBB:
USVO) (
TSX-V:
US) designs and markets
technology for delivery of digital media. USVO developed its
MediaEscort™, MediaSentinel™ and SmartMark™ digital watermarking
products and technology to provide a robust means for producers and
distributors to invisibly protect their content. USA Video Technology
Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of USVO, holds the pioneering patent for
store-and-forward video, filed in 1990 and issued by the United States
Patent and Trademark Office on July 14, 1992; it has been cited by at least
165 other patents. USVO holds similar patents in Germany, Canada, England,
France, Spain, Italy, and Japan. For more information, visit:
www.digitalmediastocks.com/CO/USVO/ or
www.usvo.com.
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