| You're watching TV one evening scanning through | | | | resolved before movies are readily available to |
| the reruns thinking it's pathetic how little there is | | | | the public online. Piracy and broadband capabilities |
| to watch anymore when a fantastic movie trailer | | | | are still being questioned.Piracy became the |
| comes on. It's everything you love - the right | | | | prominent issue when music files were being |
| actors, the wit, the action - and your heart beats | | | | illegally shared over the internet. While the music |
| a little faster in anticipation - if only you could | | | | industry fought against such services as Napster, |
| watch it RIGHT NOW!Well, the film industry has | | | | they are still far from recovering their market |
| heard you. Along with the speed of the internet, | | | | revenue and the film industry is not anxious to |
| consumers have now come to a new stage of | | | | join them.What can't be debated is that there IS |
| demand. It used to be that we WANTED | | | | a market, and no industry likes to bypass that |
| everything immediately - now we EXPECT it.This | | | | because of possible problems.Right now European |
| is not the sort of thing that goes unnoticed by | | | | broadband may not be up to the task of |
| industries that cater to public reception. And now | | | | downloading such large files but has plans to |
| it has been announced that we may not be far | | | | proceed with distribution soon.In America there |
| away from simply walking over to our computer | | | | has already been movie distribution with the |
| and downloading the newest releases.During a | | | | inevitable legal proceedings against individuals |
| meeting at the Cannes Film Festival, Culture | | | | facilitating unauthorized downloads.Although the |
| Ministers from across Europe, film industry | | | | fight against piracy is being taken very seriously |
| representatives and Internet Service Providers | | | | by the industry, it is still parents who are at the |
| were among those who met to discuss the | | | | forefront of setting the example and instructing |
| possible policies needed to distribute movies | | | | children on the ethics of downloading such |
| online.BBC news reports European Union media | | | | material. Responsibility is learned.In any event, the |
| commissioner Viviane Reding as stating: "In | | | | next time you see a great movie advertised and |
| Europe, as in other continents, the opportunities | | | | you are handy to the internet, perhaps you should |
| for people to enjoy films online are set to | | | | stay in, avoid the lines and the traffic and check it |
| increase tremendously over the next few | | | | out online! |
| years".Naturally there are still many issues to be | | | | |