Pirates and 3D Films: Copying still difficult
Movie piracy is a very widespread phenomenon, especially in areas of the world where authorities have not yet set up any sort of rules on how people should be held accountable for their online activity. With the advent of 3D productions, more and more of which are beginning to make their way in movie theaters around the globe, pirates are currently having a difficult time copying and illegally distributing them to the general public. Movie studios therefore have a few more years before the phenomenon picks up for these productions as well, LiveScience reports.
“There is going to be a good period where 3D has got a little more value, because it can't be purloined from the theater. There's no commodity to it, nor can the files, even if they're copied, be viewed,” University of Southern California (USC) Professor of Production Michael Peyser, who is also the executive producer of the 2007 movie U2 3D, explains. Hollywood is basically at this point hoping that the new technology its producers have developed would stave off a large wave of piracy, and that this time would allow them sufficient breathing space to develop new measures to defend copyright.
