The Race: Tim Appelo compiles reactions to the Producers Guild of America’s completely unexpected announcement on Saturday night that the producing team behind “The King’s Speech” (Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, and Gareth Unwin) — and not the one behind “The Social Network” (Dana Brunetti, Cean Chaffin, Michael De Luca, and Scott Rudin) — had won its PGA Award. While PGA and Oscar winners correspond considerably less often (67% of the time over the 21 years in which both have been rewarded, including each of the past three years but none of the three years before that) than DGA and Oscar winners (79% of the time over the 62 years in which both have been awarded), and while producers account for only a small segment of the Academy (8%, as opposed to actors, who make up 22%), it is still a noteworthy development because the PGA, like the Academy, now nominates 10 films and then determines its winner through a preferential balloting system,...
- 1/24/2011
- by Scott Feinberg
- Scott Feinberg
London -- Hollywood studios can look forward to increased U.K.-based copyright protection after the U.K. government passed controversial site-blocking legislation, despite the protests of over 20,000 Internet users and criticism from web giants including Facebook and Google.
The bill includes a controversial amendment to Clause 8, which now states that the Secretary of State for Business can order the blocking of "a location on the Internet which the court is satisfied has been, is being or is likely to be used for or in connection with an activity that infringes copyright."
Some in the digital community have warned that the wording is too broad, giving the government effective power of allowing sites to be shut down even when the have not been categorically proven to be guilty of copyright abuse, warning such sites as Wikileaks and Youtube could be affected.
The legislation has the support of such bodies as...
The bill includes a controversial amendment to Clause 8, which now states that the Secretary of State for Business can order the blocking of "a location on the Internet which the court is satisfied has been, is being or is likely to be used for or in connection with an activity that infringes copyright."
Some in the digital community have warned that the wording is too broad, giving the government effective power of allowing sites to be shut down even when the have not been categorically proven to be guilty of copyright abuse, warning such sites as Wikileaks and Youtube could be affected.
The legislation has the support of such bodies as...
- 4/8/2010
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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