Online streaming is one step closer to being the way that people watch movies. Neflix has signed a costly ($1 billion) deal to stream recent releases just 90 days after they appear on pay television. Films from Paramount, Lions Gate and MGM will be available under a deal with signed with Epix, a fledgling pay television service.

Netflix to Stream Films From Paramount, Lions Gate, MGM – Media Decoder Blog – NYTimes.com.

This excerpt from Gotham Media’s Copyright and Technology 2010 Conference focuses on how anti-piracy technologies are making the transition to becoming profit centers for content producers.

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Moderator: Rajan Samtani Digital Media Consultant

Alex Terpstra CEO, Civolution

Joshua Cohen CEO, iPharro

Stuart Rosove VP, Corporate Development, BayTSP

Joe Winograd EVP and CTO, Verance

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* Florian Pestoni: Principal Product Manager, Adobe
* Joe Inzerillo: SVP Technology, MLB.com
* Emil Rensing: Chief Digital Officer, EpixHD
* Shalini Govil-Pai: Group Manager, Partner Technologies and Strategy, YouTube & TV, Google
* Jan Steenkamp: VP Americas, Irdeto

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In this excerpt from the Copyright and Technology 2010 Conference, Stanley Pierre-Louis, Viacom VP and Associate General Counsel, discusses Viacom and its approach to copyright. He stresses that Viacom places an emphasis on copyright in order to protect its own property as well as the income afforded to artists, producers and creators. Viacom, he says, is prepared to defend its content in court, but that litigation is not the preferred or even the most effective way to protect against piracy. Technology affords more cost effective tools that can be most easily integrated into delivery systems.

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