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...Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has a new weapon, make that two new weapons, in its war against DVD piracy. The only downside is they have to be walked twice...
...goes as planned, MPAA officials are hoping Lucky and Flo will be the first of a pack of DVD-detecting dogs to be trained and stationed at airports, shipping yards and other points where pirated DVDs are smuggled into the country. Success in stopping illegal DVDs before they hit the streets would be a major blow to piracy, which is the most serious problem facing the movie industry today, accounting for $18.2 billion in lost revenues in 2005, according to the MPAA...
...hall under Canaday B with the swank center itself, all cushy couches, tasteful lighting, and, perhaps most importantly, a hell of a lot of free shit. FM collected a mug, three pins, and six mini-quesadillas in minutes, and promised to stop by later to take advantage of the DVD player and library. The crowd was in high spirits, energized by 300th Anniversary University Professor and famous feminist Laurel T. Ulrich’s rallying remarks, in which she pulled no punches in describing the University as “a wonderful place with a terrible record...
...Their fans didn't, though. Their shows became available on VHS and DVD; The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus 16-Ton Megaset was issued to general acclaim earlier this year. CDs? They've got about a dozen of them. Some 60 Python books can be found on Alibris, the most imposing being The Pythons, a gigantic hexabiography with input from the five surviving members. (Chapman died...
...episodes they missed, from iTunes at $1.99 a pop. They're the market for the upcoming video-game and cell-phone mini-episodes. They buy DVDs to catch new details of episodes they have already seen. This month Lost's Season 2 debuted at No. 1 on the DVD charts--listing at about $60 a set. Season 1 sold 1.2 million copies. The networks take notice when it comes time to schedule new series. "I'm not in the room when the corporate decisions are made," says Abrams. "But the possibility of making $50 [million], $100 million more on DVD...