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The US Congress' latest act of corporate welfare sees $30m of funding given to help "cash strapped" Hollywood fight piracy. Most of the money will go towards fighting online piracy, even as the MPAA touts their anti-counterfeiting "Operation Holiday Hoax".
The funding will further encourage various government agencies to commit more resources to battling online piracy, while Hollywood seeks further legislation to get ISPs to pick up the rest of the slack. Just how much money Hollywood itself it putting into anti-piracy, given their recently recorded record profit for 2009, is hard to say, although one should not underestimate the cost of lobbying and the legal fees used to sue various websites (like The Pirate Bay) around the world.
The MPAA claims that major operations like "Holiday Hoax" is not the answer to the counterfeiting problem, as they seek more legislation to further punish people recording movies in cinemas, hopefully for more than just three minutes of recording. The MPAA says that 90% of all pirated films on DVD are from cinema recordings.
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The funding will further encourage various government agencies to commit more resources to battling online piracy, while Hollywood seeks further legislation to get ISPs to pick up the rest of the slack. Just how much money Hollywood itself it putting into anti-piracy, given their recently recorded record profit for 2009, is hard to say, although one should not underestimate the cost of lobbying and the legal fees used to sue various websites (like The Pirate Bay) around the world.
The MPAA claims that major operations like "Holiday Hoax" is not the answer to the counterfeiting problem, as they seek more legislation to further punish people recording movies in cinemas, hopefully for more than just three minutes of recording. The MPAA says that 90% of all pirated films on DVD are from cinema recordings.
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