News tagged with motion picture

Hollywood, Silicon Valley need unity, leader says

(AP) -- Chris Dodd, the head of the Motion Picture Association of America, said Tuesday that Hollywood and Silicon Valley must work together to protect intellectual property.

Technology / Business

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Company: Cost of hosting Megaupload data untenable

(AP) -- The company hosting the frozen data of millions of users of the file sharing site Megaupload says somebody needs to pay the company's bill or allow it to delete the data.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Thomas Edison inspires the oscar awards you don't see

Thomas Edison's invention of the first motion picture camera in 1891 inspired scientific and technological advances that he never could have imagined.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

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Oscars to introduce electronic voting

Oscars organizers said Wednesday they would introduce electronic voting to select Hollywood's top films and stars from next year, in the latest reform of the elite awards show system.

Technology / Other

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Anonymous, loose-knit group of 'hacktivists'

Anonymous, which briefly knocked the FBI and Justice Department websites offline in retaliation for the US shutdown of file-sharing site Megaupload, is a shadowy group of international hackers with no central ...

Technology / Internet

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

World's best metronome enables slow-motion pictures of atoms and molecules

(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's most accurate metronome keeps stroke to an incredible 10 quintillionth of a second. The device enables slow-motion pictures from the world of molecules and atoms, scientists from the Center for ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Developers of film recorder to receive Oscar

(AP) -- The first Oscar recipients of the new year were announced Thursday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Technology / Other

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Hollywood, Silicon Valley spar over online piracy bill

Hollywood sparred with Silicon Valley in the US Congress on Wednesday at a hearing on a controversial bill intended to crack down on online piracy.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 7

Movie studios win lawsuit against Zediva

The nation's biggest movie studios have won a copyright infringement lawsuit against video-streaming startup Zediva.

Technology / Business

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UC research brings focus to portrayals of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' on the silver screen

"Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe was the best-selling novel of the 19th century, and almost immediately upon its publication in 1852, it made its way to stage, vaudeville, music and minstrel shows. In fact, it ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Netflix reaches 'strategic' agreement with Miramax

US movie rental company Netflix and studio Miramax have reached a multi-year agreement, under which Netflix members in the United States will be able to instantly watch motion pictures from the Miramax film ...

Technology / Business

created May 16, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hollywood studios sue online film service Zediva

Hollywood studios went to court to derail a startup that sidesteps paying film licensing fees by streaming movies online from "rented" DVD players.

Technology / Business

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Hands on high-tech moviemaking (w/ Video)

"Lights, camera, action!" is more than the quintessential phrase that describes the moment filming begins on a movie set -- it also embodies the heart and soul of moviemaking.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

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In awards season, movie leakers are 'Enemy Within'

(AP) -- Every year around now, tens of thousands of DVDs of movies still playing in theaters are sent by Hollywood studios to Oscar, Golden Globe and other awards voters.

Technology / Other

created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

FCC allows blocking of set-top box outputs (Update)

(AP) -- Federal regulators are endorsing Hollywood's efforts to let cable and satellite TV companies turn off output connections on the back of set-top boxes to prevent illegal copying of movies.

Technology / Telecom

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