Entertainment Coalition Creative America Ramping Up Efforts to Battle Piracy ...
The outpouring of support for the bill to stop foreign-based websites that illegally distribute copyrighted content such as American movies and TV shows is part of a grass-roots campaign being launched this week by Creative America, a coalition formed by the major studios, networks, labor unions and others to battle piracy of intellectual property.
“Since Creative America was launched, it has produced a growing community of people deeply concerned about the effects that content theft is having on American jobs and creativity,“ said Mike Nugent, executive director of Creative America. “Once people understand the scope and enormity of this problem, they want to take action.”
Not everyone supports Creative America or the Protect IP Act, including big technology companies like Google, Yahoo and TiVo, but they do agree there is a problem that needs solving.
How big a problem? According to Creative America, these foreign websites generate about 146 million visits per day and 53 billion visits per year involving illegal distribution of more than 500,000 movies each day worldwide.
For Zite CEO, no meeting is truly random (Day on the Job)
SAN FRANCISCO--Welcome to Day on the Job, a new series looking at what life is like inside the technology business. Over the coming months, I'll be visiting a wide variety of tech companies, with an emphasis on startups, each time shadowing one person for a whole day.
It could be the CEO, or it could be an engineer or a designer. Or anyone in between. The idea is not to uncover dark secrets or business plans, but instead to take readers alongside the people who are creating the products they use every day or may be using in the future.
In order to make the companies I'll be visiting feel comfortable and safe about having a reporter with a notebook in the room for a day, I will agree with them on a series of ground rules. These may vary from visit to visit, but the starting point will be: First, I will not name any business partners or those involved in deals that I see or hear my subjects interacting with. Second, I will not write about any forward-looking business plans or partnerships that I encounter during my visits, unless I have specific permission to do so. And third, beyond those terms, if my subject doesn't want me to write about something, they will have to ask me to leave the room. Otherwise, it's on the record. If your company would like to be part of this series, please write to me at daniel.terdiman@cbsinteractive.com and let's talk.
They will also be giving away branded materials like pens, T-shirts and one-sheets supporting the effort. AFTRA has already sent communications to their members and staff and soon will be posting videos supporting the effort.
