Thursday, February 07, 2008
Monday, September 03, 2007
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Spider-Pig
I had "spider-pig" as my status message on my IM for more than a week. It sure had to have quite an impact on me for me to do that. The term was from the The Simpsons Movie. It was a good funny movie and especially the one about the spider pig makes u wonder what it takes to come up with such original humour.
I was amazed when I came to know (thanks to Amee) that the famed Hans Zimmer has made a track, "Spider-Pig". Thanks Zimmer !
I was amazed when I came to know (thanks to Amee) that the famed Hans Zimmer has made a track, "Spider-Pig". Thanks Zimmer !
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Turning Twenty Five
It was one of the most memorable birthdays i've had till now (other than the ones when i was 6-10 yrs when Bala used to come over with a big gift and when we played volley ball with a rubber ball in our portico & the one at Windsor park in blore, my 18th at copper chimney, the one in James court with family) . I never expected to have so many surprise in one day (some of which unfortunately are not appropriate for blogging yet). My friends here made it wonderful. Pandas, Chipmunk2, Dinkis, Lallus, Bahety & Adam - it was a quality surprise guys. Then at midnight, roomie's surprise again! Black Forest cake ... yummmm - thanks!
Rao's home was beautiful... almost as lovely as her sambar. Felt at home after months. Had lots of fun. Then the evening was the best part. The roses in the red glass vase were just too good to describe . The Dutch apple cheesecake was awesome. I ate cheesecakes for the next 2 days !
Evening was a pleasant walk with the mini zoo... pandas and dinkis (this was when dinkis got christened) 3 scoops of baskin robbins - perfect ending to a lovely day. Throughout the day there were phone calls from so many lovely friends... more than usual may be because of the time difference may be - they remembered during the later part of the day and it was still morning for me :P
Throughout the day, calls were from P, J, P, V, Dee, Shams, Thennal, (sryyyy raks... i din cal to get ur blessing :( ), Nari, Sunshine, NMK, visuMickey, mohan, prakash, preethy, shreya, bajee, thiyagesh, subash, Greg and many more.... Ppl who missed were Dh, Ab, Ny
Mails from a lot of ppl...
Rao's home was beautiful... almost as lovely as her sambar. Felt at home after months. Had lots of fun. Then the evening was the best part. The roses in the red glass vase were just too good to describe . The Dutch apple cheesecake was awesome. I ate cheesecakes for the next 2 days !
Evening was a pleasant walk with the mini zoo... pandas and dinkis (this was when dinkis got christened) 3 scoops of baskin robbins - perfect ending to a lovely day. Throughout the day there were phone calls from so many lovely friends... more than usual may be because of the time difference may be - they remembered during the later part of the day and it was still morning for me :P
Throughout the day, calls were from P, J, P, V, Dee, Shams, Thennal, (sryyyy raks... i din cal to get ur blessing :( ), Nari, Sunshine, NMK, visuMickey, mohan, prakash, preethy, shreya, bajee, thiyagesh, subash, Greg and many more.... Ppl who missed were Dh, Ab, Ny
Mails from a lot of ppl...
Thanks P... just wait ;-)
Monday, March 05, 2007
You can stop the suicides of broke movie producers
Hong Kong – On Feb 20, 2007, in a ruling that underscores the Indian government’s increasing commitment to combating intellectual property theft, a Mumbai court jailed a movie pirate for seven months and fined him Rs. 55,000 (approximately USD1,250). On Oct 27, 2005, acting on information provided by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) following an investigation, Mumbai police officers arrested Sameer Ahmed Qureshi, a wholesale distributor of pirated movies, seizing several thousand DVDs infringing the latest and Indian movies, including pirated copies of titles such as Transporter 2, Fantastic 4, Rush Hour, Troy
“The Motion Picture Association is encouraged by this ruling, which demonstrates the importance Indian courts are placing on the protection of intellectual property rights,” said Mike Ellis, Senior Vice President and Regional Director, Asia-Pacific for the Motion Picture Association.
Ellis continued, ”The tremendous damage caused to the movie industry in India by pirates of course significantly impacts our member companies’ business, but it is local producers and distributors who are hit hardest, and it is workers on locally produced films who are at greatest risk of losing income and jobs. The protection of intellectual property rights fosters innovation and is vital to economic growth and job creation around the world.”
“The sentence handed down by the Ballard Pier Court marked only the sixth movie piracy conviction in India” said Chander M. Lall, India Legal Counsel for the MPA. “While we are encouraged by the increased recognition the courts are giving to intellectual property theft, there are at the moment more than 2,000 additional movie piracy cases working their way through the judicial system. It is our hope that more resources will be allocated to intellectual property crimes, which so badly damage India’s economy and society.
Piracy in India
Piracy in India affects the Indian film industry more than American producers and distributors. It is estimated that only 20 percent of pirated goods infringe the copyrights of foreign film titles. The remaining 80 percent of pirated product infringes the copyrights of domestic films. According to Government estimates, the entertainment industry loses up to 1,700 crores annually on account of piracy. Since the beginning of 2004, the MPA has conducted close to 1,000 raids and seizure operations in India in cooperation with law enforcement authorities. Additionally, civil raids have been conducted through court-appointed Local Commissioners in civil suits initiated by MPA member companies.
Piracy in Asia
A comprehensive study aimed at producing a more accurate picture of the impact that piracy has on the film industry including, for the first time, losses due to internet piracy, recently calculated that the MPA studios lost US$6.1 billion to worldwide piracy in 2005. About US$2.4 billion was lost to bootlegging*, US$1.4 billion to illegal copying* and US$2.3 billion to Internet piracy. Of the US$6.1 billion in lost revenue to the studios, approximate US$1.2 billion came from piracy across the Asia-Pacific region, while piracy in the U.S. accounted for US$1.3 billion. In 2006, the MPA’s operations in the Asia-Pacific region investigated more than 30,000 cases of piracy and assisted law enforcement officials in conducting nearly 12,400 raids. These activities resulted in the seizure of more than 35 million illegal optical discs, 50 factory optical disc production lines and 4,482 optical disc burners, as well as the initiation of more than 11,000 legal actions.
* Bootlegging: Obtaining movies by either purchasing an illegally copied HS/DVD/VCD or acquiring hard copies of bootleg movies.
* Illegal copying: Making illegal copies for self or receiving illegal copies from friends of a legitimate VHS/DVD/VCD
* Internet piracy: Obtaining movies by either downloading them from the Internet without paying or acquiring hard copies of illegally downloaded movies from friends or family.
About the MPA: The Motion Picture Association (MPA) represents the interests of major motion picture companies in the global marketplace. On behalf of its member companies, the MPA conducts investigations around the world, assists with the criminal and civil litigation generated by such cases, and conducts education outreach programs to teach movie fans around the world about the harmful effects of piracy. The MPA directs its worldwide anti-piracy operations from its headquarters based in California and has regional offices located in Brussels (Europe, Middle East and Africa), São Paulo(Latin America), Montreal(Canada) and Singapore(Asia-Pacific). The MPA’s anti-piracy activities have helped to transform entire markets from pirate to legitimate, benefiting video distributors, retailers, and foreign and local filmmakers alike. The MPA member companies include: Buena Vista International, Inc.; Paramount Pictures Corporation; Sony Pictures Releasing International Corporation; Twentieth Century Fox International Corporation; Universal International Films, Inc.; and Warner Bros. Pictures International, a division of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.
- source www.MPAA.org
“The Motion Picture Association is encouraged by this ruling, which demonstrates the importance Indian courts are placing on the protection of intellectual property rights,” said Mike Ellis, Senior Vice President and Regional Director, Asia-Pacific for the Motion Picture Association.
Ellis continued, ”The tremendous damage caused to the movie industry in India by pirates of course significantly impacts our member companies’ business, but it is local producers and distributors who are hit hardest, and it is workers on locally produced films who are at greatest risk of losing income and jobs. The protection of intellectual property rights fosters innovation and is vital to economic growth and job creation around the world.”
“The sentence handed down by the Ballard Pier Court marked only the sixth movie piracy conviction in India” said Chander M. Lall, India Legal Counsel for the MPA. “While we are encouraged by the increased recognition the courts are giving to intellectual property theft, there are at the moment more than 2,000 additional movie piracy cases working their way through the judicial system. It is our hope that more resources will be allocated to intellectual property crimes, which so badly damage India’s economy and society.
Piracy in India
Piracy in India affects the Indian film industry more than American producers and distributors. It is estimated that only 20 percent of pirated goods infringe the copyrights of foreign film titles. The remaining 80 percent of pirated product infringes the copyrights of domestic films. According to Government estimates, the entertainment industry loses up to 1,700 crores annually on account of piracy. Since the beginning of 2004, the MPA has conducted close to 1,000 raids and seizure operations in India in cooperation with law enforcement authorities. Additionally, civil raids have been conducted through court-appointed Local Commissioners in civil suits initiated by MPA member companies.
Piracy in Asia
A comprehensive study aimed at producing a more accurate picture of the impact that piracy has on the film industry including, for the first time, losses due to internet piracy, recently calculated that the MPA studios lost US$6.1 billion to worldwide piracy in 2005. About US$2.4 billion was lost to bootlegging*, US$1.4 billion to illegal copying* and US$2.3 billion to Internet piracy. Of the US$6.1 billion in lost revenue to the studios, approximate US$1.2 billion came from piracy across the Asia-Pacific region, while piracy in the U.S. accounted for US$1.3 billion. In 2006, the MPA’s operations in the Asia-Pacific region investigated more than 30,000 cases of piracy and assisted law enforcement officials in conducting nearly 12,400 raids. These activities resulted in the seizure of more than 35 million illegal optical discs, 50 factory optical disc production lines and 4,482 optical disc burners, as well as the initiation of more than 11,000 legal actions.
* Bootlegging: Obtaining movies by either purchasing an illegally copied HS/DVD/VCD or acquiring hard copies of bootleg movies.
* Illegal copying: Making illegal copies for self or receiving illegal copies from friends of a legitimate VHS/DVD/VCD
* Internet piracy: Obtaining movies by either downloading them from the Internet without paying or acquiring hard copies of illegally downloaded movies from friends or family.
About the MPA: The Motion Picture Association (MPA) represents the interests of major motion picture companies in the global marketplace. On behalf of its member companies, the MPA conducts investigations around the world, assists with the criminal and civil litigation generated by such cases, and conducts education outreach programs to teach movie fans around the world about the harmful effects of piracy. The MPA directs its worldwide anti-piracy operations from its headquarters based in California and has regional offices located in Brussels (Europe, Middle East and Africa), São Paulo(Latin America), Montreal(Canada) and Singapore(Asia-Pacific). The MPA’s anti-piracy activities have helped to transform entire markets from pirate to legitimate, benefiting video distributors, retailers, and foreign and local filmmakers alike. The MPA member companies include: Buena Vista International, Inc.; Paramount Pictures Corporation; Sony Pictures Releasing International Corporation; Twentieth Century Fox International Corporation; Universal International Films, Inc.; and Warner Bros. Pictures International, a division of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.
- source www.MPAA.org
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Information Shorting
Now that I've managed to make you wonder about the title, let get to the point.
Reading - off a paper Vs off an electronic media.
When we used to read off books, newspapers, magazines (am talking about the version that is printed on tree pulp), one tries to absorb as much as possible then and there. He becomes wiser at that point in time and stacks it off to his collection that probably would never look it up again.
But that's different now. When you scramble through the web everyday, you encounter so much information no doubt. But does that information gets added to our knowledge at all. We tend to Ctrl+D (bookmark) it. We add it to del.icio.us. We add it to favourites. How much of it do we actually go back and consume? It is getting easier by the day to bookmark things and to retrieve later, but we almost tend to do the former part of it too often than the later part. The information gets shorted directly to the repository without going through our minds.
Reading - off a paper Vs off an electronic media.
When we used to read off books, newspapers, magazines (am talking about the version that is printed on tree pulp), one tries to absorb as much as possible then and there. He becomes wiser at that point in time and stacks it off to his collection that probably would never look it up again.
But that's different now. When you scramble through the web everyday, you encounter so much information no doubt. But does that information gets added to our knowledge at all. We tend to Ctrl+D (bookmark) it. We add it to del.icio.us. We add it to favourites. How much of it do we actually go back and consume? It is getting easier by the day to bookmark things and to retrieve later, but we almost tend to do the former part of it too often than the later part. The information gets shorted directly to the repository without going through our minds.
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