New technology is the key to beating movie piracy, the UK film minister has told industry executives.
Making films available on demand as soon as they are released at cinemas could help stop fans watching illegal copies, Shaun Woodward said.
“The real answer is in the technology,” he told the BBC News website, citing the success of legal music downloads.
“People will take the legal way and I think ultimately that’s the solution for film piracy as well,” he said.
Film pirates in the UK make an estimated £300m profit a year, according to the Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact).
Jared Moya
I've been interested in P2P since the early, high-flying days of Napster and KaZaA. I believe that analog copyright laws are ill-suited to the digital age, and that art and culture shouldn't be subject to the whims of international entertainment industry conglomerates. Twitter | Google Plus
I've been interested in P2P since the early, high-flying days of Napster and KaZaA. I believe that analog copyright laws are ill-suited to the digital age, and that art and culture shouldn't be subject to the whims of international entertainment industry conglomerates. Twitter | Google Plus
