Digital piracy in name of art tests film industry

Iria · Aug 1, 2006, 11:14 PM

Source: IHT
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Take a Hollywood classic, add a video editor, and stir. It's a recipe for controversy in a room full of computer graphics specialists and movie executives.

Fake trailers appear every day on YouTube and other video sites, turning the car-racing film "The Fast and the Furious" into a tale of lovers or repeatedly spoofing "Brokeback Mountain." They've become Internet hits, but they aren't so funny to traditional media companies who say they infringe on their copyrights.

So-called digital "mash-ups," which reuse and edit copyrighted material, are a new front in the digital rights war, dividing amateurs, who say they remix in the name of art, from movie and music industry giants. Intellectual property lawyers, movie industry executives, and others grappled with the issue Monday at Siggraph, the computer graphics conference in Boston that has drawn 25,000 people from around the world.

Aug 1, 2006, 11:14 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Digital piracy in name of art tests film industry Source: IHT __________ Take a Hollywood classic, add a video editor, and stir. It's a recipe for controversy in a room full of computer graphics specialists and movie executives. Fake trailers appear every day on YouTube and other video sites, turning the car-racing film "The Fast and the Furious" into a tale of lovers or repeatedly spoofing "Brokeback Mountain." They've become Internet hits, but they aren't so funny to traditional media companies who say they infringe on their copyrights. So-called digital "mash-ups," which reuse and edit copyrighted material, are a new front in the digital rights war, dividing amateurs, who say they remix in the name of art, from movie and music industry giants. Intellectual property lawyers, movie industry executives, and others grappled with the issue Monday at Siggraph, the computer graphics conference in Boston that has drawn 25,000 people from around the world.