HOLLYWOOD - Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman has warned filmmakers internet piracy will hitfilm studios as dramatically as it has the music industry.
The Million Dollar Baby star's production company Revelations Entertainment
has teamed up with chip maker Intel Corporation at the Cannes Film Festival to
highlight the threat posed by illegal downloading and file sharing.
Intel's Kevin Corbett is convinced an electronic key system would protect
movies from unauthorized users--a timely and necessary precaution in the
fast-moving world of technology, particularly as more internet users are taking
advantage of broadband.
Freeman says, "One of the things that is terrifying the industry about
digital content is that once it gets into the home, what happens to it?
"Some government entities say that if it's on the internet and accessible,
then how can we call it piracy? This technology can help us to stop the same chaos (as in the music
industry).
"It is too late when the public is two or three steps ahead of you, and then
you are playing catch-up."
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