Stopping Piracy Before It Starts

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Stopping Piracy Before It Starts

MPA's Terri Davies on protecting art from being stolen before it's even released.

Sonny Bunch

Nov 11, 2023

This week I’m joined by Terri Davies, who heads up the Motion Picture Association’s Trusted Partners Network. TPN helps studios and other partners develop best practices for avoiding leaks of films and TV shows pre-release, from pre- to post-production. We discussed her time at Sony Pictures from 2000 to 2015, a period of time during which the business of distribution was revolutionized (and digitized), how the MPA helps studios reduce the likelihood of a movie leaking before its release date, and how different solutions are tailored for content creators of different sizes. If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend!

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Liberal Cynic

Nov 13, 2023

People are more than willing to pay for digital content. When you make the content difficult or impossible to acquire you get more piracy.

Back in the day, the only way to access anime content in America was through piracy. Then along came Crunchyroll and Funimation.

Piracy is almost like price-signaling. Looking at where piracy is happening can show you where there's a market for your content.

If I can't find a way to access the content I'd like to consume then I can find sites that will let me *ahem* "borrow" a copy someone has made available for borrowing.

Disclaimer: This post is not intended to violate, or promote the violation of, the laws of the United States and its Possessions.

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Walter Chuck

Nov 13, 2023

This one made getting out all of our camcorder tapes of the kids from 25 years ago higher on the list of things to do. Did not realize the impact of the tsunami on the media world. Thanks.

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