I *pray* that hackers get ahold of that 'secure' line...

Vive Le Film!

Oh and another point I wanted to make about Titan AE... DON BLUTH, two words you DO NOT want to hear involved with any project. They used his trademark patented 2 frame per second traditional animation in conjunction with 24 frame per second computer animation. It looks disjointed and sick.

OK I am exaggerating just a bit on the 2 frame per second deal, but it isnt anywhere near 24 frames, I believe he uses a 16 frame set up If I remember correctly.

And mixing conventional animation with computer anime can be done, It was called "the iron giant". It looked grrrrrreat!

Dave

Don't forget that Don Bluth's drawings look like crap! They are too soft and too flat. No definition. Those Japanese guys sure know how to draw. Their animation rate is also slow, but the drawings kick ass and they're not afraid of violence like we seem to be with our cartoons.

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Announce to the world (cyber freaks in bedrooms) that something is "secure" and watch the latest game played by millions around the world - decode and download the movie!

If the Whitehouse, NASA, and FBI can have hackers in their systems, how long do you think it will be before movie downloads are going everywhere except where they were intended?

Lets take the handy-cam in theatre piracy out of the equation for a moment (it does and will continue to occur),probably a few hundred people in the world have the ability to copy a 35mm print to tape/disc. A few hundred MILLION have internet access and disc drives - enough to leave film-makers with a bad feeling in their stomach!

Oh, and if you think pirated movies on disc are easily available now, just wait until there are 10,000 theatres worldwide that have these discs - how do you secure them?

John Ehler of Cisco Systems says "If I have to dig out a neighborhood to put in a cable infrastructure, that's a lot of capital expense before the customer gets his first Internet message out."

Lindsay Moir of Rights Market discusses security: "Every DRM (Digital Rights Management) scheme -- every one -- has been busted within a week of going public. The content will always escape."

Many issues need to be resolved before Digital Cinema becomes a cost-effective, commercial reality. The SMPTE Digital Cinema DC28 committees are in the process of defining these issues:
http://www.smpte.org/engr/engrcomm.html

The next meeting of the SMPTE Digital Cinema Technology DC28 committee will be held on Friday, June 16 at INFOCOMM in Anaheim CA. The following week, the various DC28 study groups will be meeting in the Los Angeles area.

The International Theatre Equipment Association (ITEA) will co-sponsor a seminar series "Understanding Digital Cinema" at INFOCOMM June 15, 16 and 17. For more information, contact Terri Westhafer of ITEA at 720-344-2909 or terribronc@aol.com

INFOCOMM has a web site at: http://www.infocomm.org

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I agree, let technicolor handle the "delivery" of DLP product and it will NEVER get off the shelf. I mean that too.

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Poof, you get your wish. From Reuters:

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Thursday June 15 5:47 PM ET
Qualcomm, Technicolor to Distribute Digital Cinema
By Timna Tanners

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Wireless communications technology company Qualcomm Inc. (NasdaqNM:QCOM - news) said on Thursday it had teamed up with Technicolor Digital Cinema Inc. to distribute movies digitally to cinemas.

The companies said they will form a joint venture to provide digital distribution of films along with support services and aim to begin trials of the delivery system in early 2001.

``This new entity will combine the two companies' complementary strengths to create an open, standards-based end-to-end distribution solution for digital cinema,'' said Lanny Raimondo, Technicolor's chief executive officer.

The move combines Qualcomm's experience in digital voice communications and encryption and compression technology and Technicolor's distribution in the entertainment industry, the companies said in a statement.

The team would compete against a similar venture combining computer networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. (NasdaqNM:CSCO - news) and Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE:Q - news), which showcased their digital movie distribution technology earlier this month when they beamed sci-fi animated epic ``Titan A.E.'' over an Internet-based network.

Film studios are backing digital cinema, which results in higher quality movies and lower distribution costs. But so far, wrangling over who would pay the high costs of installing projection systems in theaters -- studios or theater owners -- has delayed deployment.

``It's still in the very early stages. I think we are going to see lot of companies who have encryption and compression technology,'' said Jimmy Sunshine of the publication, Film Journal International.

The companies said Camarillo, Calif.-based Technicolor would take a majority ownership in the entity, called Technicolor Digital Cinema LLC. It would initially target the U.S. market, and is seeking partners to expand into global distribution, they said.

Technicolor is a subsidiary of British media group Carlton Communications Plc (NasdaqNM:CCTVY - news).

Carlton shares gained 1-31/64 to close at 63-47/64 on Nasdaq. Qualcomm shares lost 9-1/16 to close at 61-7/16, amid growing concerns over its near-term profit outlook.

Which says in part:

"In concert with TI, which is providing the projection hardware,
Technicolor is taking a leadership role in the evolution of digital
cinema and the DLP Cinema™ demonstration program from
the digital delivery and installation sides. Along with creating the
digital distribution medium - in the form of DVD-ROM -
Technicolor is providing the expertise to deliver, install, upload
and then test each digital cinema installation. Additionally, the
company is providing significant funding to help offset the costs
of the demonstration systems, installation and service".