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...traced back to a screener that had been sent to Oscar voters. Since Warner Bros. gave out only VHS copies, the bootleg was not of great quality. But its existence is an embarrassment after a year of high-profile debate over the risks of screeners--a beloved industry perk. Valenti of the M.P.A.A. had pushed hard to fight piracy by banning all screeners outright. But independent studios complained the ban would penalize small movies trying to get award nominations. In December the U.S. district court overturned the ban. Last week Sony traced a pirated copy of Something's Gotta Give...
...fringe benefits of being a concert pianist. “I love pretty things,” she says, sitting cross-legged on her furry leopard print-covered bed. “I love getting dressed up. I get to buy gowns for concerts. It’s a perk. I don’t even think I own a pair of jeans right...
...incumbent telephone companies," says David Isenberg, a former Bell Labs researcher and respected industry observer. Vonage, for example, has 70,000 customers paying $34.99 a month for unlimited calls in the U.S. and Canada. You just link your phone to your broadband connection via an adapter. An added perk: you can choose any area code in the country. Buy a second line for $4.99 a month, for instance, and select the area code of the college your daughter attends so that all her calls home will be local. Companies like Packet8, VoicePulse and Addaline all offer some variation...
...finding new songs isn’t the only perk; iTunes can also forge new relationships. One’s musical tastes can provide plenty of insight into personality and compatibility. At Lamont last week, I was smitten by Margo, whose vast collection of soundtracks and eclectic pop tastes mirrored my own aural fetishes. Was Margo my true soulmate? Were we meant to be? A quick directory search suggested that the answer was, sadly, no. The only undergraduate Margo I found was some guy in Currier House, although there is a visiting professor at the Law School who just...
...perk for Simpsons writers is the opportunity to watch the show’s many celebrity guest stars come into the studio to record their voice-overs. Warburton says that he enjoys making them nervous by watching them through the studio window...