Digital Media Galaxy

Tom Ohanian recently had an article published in MediaPost’s Online Video Insider entitled: Piracy and Securing the Digital Media Supply Chain. It’s an interesting read. There’s an excerpt below and you can find the full article on MediaPost’s site.

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) estimates that U.S. studios lose more than $3 billion annual to piracy. Consider recent issues:

• “American Gangster” is pirated and available on DVD for $5 two weeks prior to its theatrical release.
• The Writers Guild of America and studios negotiate for important slices of the digital media pie.

And, in the midst of all this, consider how digital media is being consumed. Are we listening to songs on compact disc or on .mp3 players? The truth, of course, is that we’re doing both. But, will (and that’s the important tense — future) .mp3 listeners overtake CD listeners? This is one example of just how one form of digital media — “the song” — has the power to change everything, upset the business model, force it to change and to morph and raise countless discussions and opinions on piracy.

Read the rest of the article…