Full-length, first-run movies, including Gladiator, Road Trip and High Fidelity are currently available on the Internet to anyone willing to spend eight hours or more (on a 56k) to download them and view them on a tiny screen. The music industry has virtually united against the wildly popular song-swapping Net software company Napster.But in the past few weeks, other sites, such as Scour and iMesh, have created software similar to Napster's - and it finds not just music files, but photos and videos.
The Motion Picture Association of America knows about these sites and they are not happy. Naturally Filmmakers/Producers are complaining. Should we expect another Napster type case? Read More...