Motion Picture Association censor more websites in the UK for pirate movies
The Unhived Mind [UHM]
21 May 2013 Last updated at 11:06
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22607298
UK net firms block pirate movie websites
Big UK net firms have begun blocking access to two sites accused of flouting copyright laws.
The blocks were imposed after the Motion Picture Association (MPA) won a court order compelling ISPs to cut off the Movie2K and Download4All websites.
However, pro-piracy activists have set up a copy of the Movie2K website in a bid to get around the restrictions.
The action comes as a music industry group publishes a list of 25 sites it wants blocked for pirating pop.
The MPA, which is the international arm of the Motion Picture Association of America, went to court arguing that the two websites broke the UK’s Copyright, Designs and Patents Act. Both the websites let people download or stream copies of recently released movies that have been ripped from DVDs.
The UK’s largest ISPs, BT, Virgin, Talk Talk, Sky and EE, are all believed to have complied with the order and stopped their customers reaching the sites.
It is not clear how effective the blocks will be as TorrentFreak reports that the pro-piracy PirateReverse group has created a copy of Movie2K that people can access if they cannot get through to the main site.
The latest action brings to six the number of sites that music and movie makers have successfully used court action to block.
In February, UK ISPs were told to cut off access to three sites, Kickass Torrents, H33T and Fenopy, that the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) said were aiding piracy. In addition, prior to that ruling, UK ISPs were told to prevent customers getting at the notorious Pirate Bay website that shares links to copyrighted material.
The BPI is believed to be seeking to block many more sites as it circulates a list of 25 domains it says are involved in pirating popular music. Included in the list are well-known sites such as Grooveshark, Isohunt, Filestube and Monova.
The list is being shared among music labels and recording companies in a bid to find out if any of its members have licensed music to the sites.
Not all the sites may end up being blocked as an earlier list circulated by the BPI that mentioned six sites only led to court action against three.
theunhivedmind on May 21, 2013 at 9:47 pm said:
May I remind you that Jesuits like, Father FitzGeorge Dinneen S.J created this Motion Picture Association.
-= The Unhived Mind
THE JESUITS AND THE ORDER OF MALTA CREATED THE HOLLYWOOD FILM INDUSTRY
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THE JESUITS AND THE ORDER OF MALTA CREATED THE HOLLYWOOD FILM INDUSTRY
April 14, 2013 6:11 pm TheUnhivedMind 4 Comments
THE JESUITS AND THE ORDER OF MALTA CREATED THE HOLLYWOOD FILM INDUSTRY
http://blessedsacramenthollywood.org/history/history_12.htm
In 1920, Father Daniel J. Stack was appointed pastor. Like those who came before him, Father Stack was faced with the problem of accommodating a growing parish on a minimal budget. But unlike his predecessors, Fr. Stack had a new, deep-pocketed resource to tap into.By the time he arrived as pastor, Blessed Sacrament had become a popular location for movie studios. Parishioners were often used as extras and Father Stack himself was frequently used as a technical adviser to evaluate the religious accuracy of a scene. So central was Blessed Sacrament in the film community that the first professional organization for screen writers and actors – the precursor to the Writers’ and Screen Actors’ Guilds – was formed at the church.
As a result of this close community relationship, studios such as Universal, Keystone, Lasky, the Francis Ford Company and Christie Studios readily agreed to help Blessed Sacrament in any of its fundraising efforts. They provided actors and equipment free of charge for church sponsored events such as theatrical productions or festivals. The extra income earned went to general maintenance and towards a reserve that would one day help pay for a desperately needed new church school and rectory.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production_Code
The Motion Picture Production Code was the set of industry censorship guidelines which governed the production of the vast majority of United States Motion Pictures released by major studios from 1930 to 1968. It was originally popularly known as the Hays Code, after its creator, Will H. Hays.
The Motion Pictures Producers and Distributors Association (MPPDA), which later became the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), adopted the code in 1930, began effectively enforcing it in 1934, and abandoned it in 1968, in favor of the subsequent MPAA film rating system.
The Production Code spelled out what was acceptable and what was unacceptable content for motion pictures produced for a public audience in the United States.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_H._Hays
Ironically, Catholic bishops and lay people tended to be leery of federal censorship and favored the Hays approach of self-censorship; these included the outspoken Catholic layman Martin J. Quigley, publisher of Exhibitors Herald-World (a trade magazine for independent exhibitors). For several months in 1929, Martin Quigley, Joseph Breen, Father Daniel A. Lord S.J., Father FitzGeorge Dinneen S.J., and Father Wilfred Parsons (editor of Catholic publication America) discussed the desirability of a new and more stringent code of behavior for the movies. With the blessing of Cardinal George W. Mundelein of Chicago, Father Lord authored the code, which later became known as “The Production Code”, “The Code”, and “The Hays Code”. It was presented to Will Hays in 1930 who said, “My eyes nearly popped out when I read it. This was the very thing I had been looking for.”
Daniel Lord
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._P._Giannini
Amadeo Pietro Giannini (May 6, 1870 – June 3, 1949), born in San Jose, California, was the Italian American founder of Bank of America.
Giannini and his bank helped nurture the motion picture and wine industries in California.
http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/66/Transamerica-Corporation.html
1929
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– The Vatican awards Knighthood in the Order of Malta to two San Franciscans, Transamerica Corporation President Amadeo Peter Giannini and American Trust Company President John S. Drum. The knighthood is the oldest and most distinguished decoration of laymen conferred by the Catholic Church.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Legion_of_Decency
The National Legion of Decency was an organization dedicated to identifying and combating objectionable content, from the point of view of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States, in motion pictures. For the first quarter-century or so of its existence, the legion wielded great power in the American motion picture industry.
The Legion was founded in 1933 by Archbishop of Cincinnati John T. McNicholas as the Catholic Legion of Decency (CLOD) in response to an address given by apostolic delegate Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani at the Catholic Charities Convention in New York City. Cicognani warned against the “massacre of innocence of youth” and urged a campaign for “the purification of the cinema.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_T._McNicholas
John McNicholas was born in Kiltimagh, County Mayo, the youngest of children of Patrick J. and Mary (née Mullany) McNicholas. In 1881, he and his family emigrated to the United States, where they settled in Chester, Pennsylvania. He received his early education at Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Chester, and then attended St. Joseph’s Preparatory College in Philadelphia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph%27s_Preparatory_School
Saint Joseph’s Preparatory School, founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1851, is a Catholic, urban, college preparatory school for young men. The school is operated by the Society of Jesus.