Word: video
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think we need more space for student offices, publications, rehearsal space...and a number of other things that support educationally valuable extracurricular activities," he wrote in an e-mail message. "But when I hear `student center,' I think of video games and pizza, which I don't think we need...
...huge industries. Just ask any music mogul who has fretted over the explosion of copyrighted songs that have been pirated and made available for free in the MP3 format on the Net. The rise of emulators could present an even more insidious problem. For one thing, annual sales of video and computer games, at $6.3 billion, have surpassed those of recorded music and even movies ($6 billion). And piracy hits the games industry harder, undercutting sales of both consoles and games, which at $50 to $60 for a top-rated title like Rogue Squadron or Tomb Raider 3 cost four...
Meanwhile, Sony encountered an emulator nightmare of its own--only this time the perpetrator was another large software firm. Connectix in January came out with Virtual Game Station, which allowed Macintosh owners to play Sony video games for a mere $50. Macheads snapped up a whopping $3 million worth over three weeks. Sony promptly sued Connectix, which denies any wrongdoing. Last month a judge refused to block shipment of the software while the case is pending. Though it's clearly unlawful to sell or download pirated video games, it remains unclear whether the same strictures apply to emulator software...
...that stealing music and video games has become routine, pirates are closing in on a new target: feature films. Some 200 websites offer illegal copies of popular movies such as Saving Private Ryan and Shakespeare in Love, according to the Motion Picture Association of America. The images are often blurred and jerky. And downloading them onto your computer is a federal felony. But violators are hard to catch and the films are free, so they're finding an audience. "Online movie piracy is a cancer in the belly of our business," frets M.P.A.A. president Jack Valenti...
Stealing and posting filmed images online is relatively easy. A pirate simply carries a digital camcorder into a movie theater, tapes a film, then uploads the file to his PC and personal website back home. Or she hooks a standard VCR up to her computer and uses a video capture card to convert the film to a digital format. For now, DVD movies are tough to pirate because the files are encrypted. Big movie companies are working to develop a similarly secure format that would allow them to offer pay-per-view films online...