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Senators Feinstein and Cornyn Call on Canada Prime Minister to Help Stop Video Piracy
U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) have sent a letter to the Prime Minister of Canada, calling his attention to the dramatic increase in movie piracy that has occurred in Canada since the United States enacted tougher laws and penalties.
Senators Feinstein and Cornyn called on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to enact a law similar to one they introduced in 2003 to crack down on video and audio piracy, specifically banning the recording of movies before they are released to video.
“The digital recording of movies before or during their initial theatrical release is one of the most serious piracy problems faced by the motion picture industry,” Senator Feinstein said. “A worldwide study commissioned by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) concluded that in 2005 movie piracy cost the Canadian film industry and your government $225 million and $34 million, respectively, in lost revenues. If Canada does not criminalize illicit recording, we are afraid that illegal pirating will continue to mushroom in your country.”
Senators Feinstein and Cornyn introduced the Artists’ Rights and Theft Prevention Act (ART Act) in 2003. The legislation was signed into law in April 2005 as part of the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005. Read more at feinstein.senate.gov.
Talent is a factor in entertainment
The general term for an artistic contributor to a project, talent usually refers to actors, directors, and writers. In the studio world, atttaching talent, or bringing necessary key artists to a project, is necessary in getting the film made. Agencies usually reserve the term 'talent' for actors and classify talent agents as those who represent thesipians.
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A broadcast rating service for television and radio that uses both a viewer diary method and an electronic recording and tabulating system to measure audience size and characteristics.
Talent
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Primarily refers to actors used in advertising. Can also refer to voice performers, musicians, etc.
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A part of the communications plan that details how various media will be employed. Identifies the specific schedule of paid placements that have been negotiated for an ad or collection of ads, including the times and programs during which television and radio ads will run, the locations and sizes of billboards that will be placed, the publications and placement within those publications in which print ads will run, etc.
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