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The New Face of Content Piracy: A Special Report

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Content piracy is an ever-evolving and seemingly intractable crisis for the entertainment business. Digital media and the internet have turbocharged piracy of copyrighted IP over the past few decades, with illegal access to content now easier, more varied and — alarmingly for the industry — more accepted than ever before. Variety Intelligence Platform’s special report “The New Face of Content Piracy” seeks to explore and demystify the complexities of this phenomenon. Despite its persistence and massive economic impact — one recent study estimated global online piracy costs the U. Read More...

The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams Appalachia

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Controversial fine-arts photographer Shelby Lee Adams is given a fascinatingly even-handed cinematic trial via "The True Meaning of Pictures," a docu inquiry by Jennifer Baichwal ("Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles"). Provocative and nonjudgmental, pic is perfect pubcaster fare, with a long educational shelf life ahead of it. Controversial fine-arts photographer Shelby Lee Adams is given a fascinatingly even-handed cinematic trial via “The True Meaning of Pictures,” a docu inquiry by Jennifer Baichwal (“Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles”). Read More...

There's A Scottish Edition Of Harry Potter And It's Got Everyone In Stitches

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By Naomi Berners "Chaipter Ane: The Laddie Wha Lived." Harry Potter has been translated into a record-breaking amount of languages for fans across the world. And the 80th translation of Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone is probably the most incredible version so far. Titled "Harry Potter And The Philosophers Stane", it's the story of Harry that we all know and love, but with a bit of a Scottish twang to it. Read More...