When it comes to a new wave of technology, economy and society, it is important to understand that we are in the middle of a drastic change. Since we are the new generation of filmmakers, we are going to be dealing with a vast amount of new problems that our predecessors did not have to encounter. Technology is evolving in a rate faster than the blink of an eye, and with it comes a great deal of new problems and new solutions.
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| Extracted from BBC.co.uk |
The Internet is an integral part of today’s film industry and its pros surpass its pros. However, there are still new problems that need to be solved and one of them is Internet piracy. A pioneer in this subject is David Puttnam, the U.K’s Film Distributors’ Association president. Puttnam has made rigorous statements supporting a campaign to “ approach website enforcement against online piracy to help protect distributors and right owners..."
"A vital step for the technology sector is to signpost legitimate search options far more clearly and to delete links to sites that promote illegally sourced content," Puttnam said in a speech scheduled to be delivered Tuesday in the British capital to a gathered audience of movie industry reps" as reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
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| Extracted from Oversite.org |
In this proposal, Puttnam emphasizes in the importance of enforcing cyber law and removing illegal links from the World Wide Web. This is an extremely important step to take for us since in little to no time, it will be our content out there getting stolen. In order to protect our intellectual property and distributors from piracy, we do have to act on this matter.
People are aware of such links, and they are also aware of torrents and other file sharing routes that make the online piracy process very simple. The down side to this is that at the rate of piracy that we are going, unless we act on this matter, our films will be out there for free and a film career will not be enough to support a lifestyle.
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