Hollywood's hitting back

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New computer technology that allows pirated movies to be quickly compressed 
and transmitted is at the centre of a war that’s pitting Hollywood against 
the digital thieves. Using the technology, internet hackers offer access to 
content – without ever paying for it. The movies available on the net have 
poor visual quality but excellent audio quality. Typically a projectionist 
copies the movie from an unused booth window with the latest digital video 
or DVD camera and gets the sound from a direct jack into the cinema’s sound 
system. With the advent of movies on the internet, Hollywood is arriving at 
newer strategies to take on the challenge from techno wiz kids all over the 
world. Between January 1, 2002 and June 30, 2003, 312 Hollywood movies 
figured in Variety’s top 50 charts. Of these, 183 movies were illegally 
traded online. 

Source:
http://www.business-standard.com/ice/story.asp?Menu=8&story=27760