Thomas Dillon
London
Following an internship in Los Angeles with the MPAA in 2000, worked in content protection at MPA Brussels from 2001 to 2009. Now Chairman of Creative Advantage Fund, a VC fund for the English West Midlands, and consulting in content regulation/protection issues at Flaxman Court, 112-114 Wardour Street, London W1F 0TS. Board member, Film Agency for Wales.
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Comments (4)
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Comment on: Lionsgate plots digital release strategy for Heartless
Good luck to them - but the acid test is the response of exhibition (remember Bubbles, Night at the Museum)...
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Comment on: In a free world, how can we make content pay?
Arguments of this sort have become rather tired. The conclusion (give your main content away) is not supported by the premises. Newman's examples involve creating scarcity for some other product (when he denies the possibility of creating scarcity) or are obviously inadequate to support industrial film production (pay to have dinner with the director). There is no substitute for content protection, and on that principle the industry is evolving in ways that are beyond the understanding of armchair strategists of the Copyleft.
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Comment on: Off-balance on online piracy
Conor, I think you'll find most of the Industry does not regard tackling online piracy and creating an online market as an either/or. The strong lobby against producers' copyright has successfully created a cloud of mythical sensitivities around file-sharing and Lord Mandelson deserves credit for recognising that this particular Emperor has no clothes. It is not victimisation of a family to require an individual Internet subscriber to abide by his contract not to use his Internet access for copyright infringement. And there is no absolute right to Internet access - even the extreme European Parliament vote (which has not become law) did not say that. People who persistently abuse their Internet access - whether to infringe, defame, or commit other civil and criminal acts - should be cut off, just as they would if they failed to pay their ISP's bill.
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Comment on: Corruption is a huge problem
Well done, Screen International, on giving this issue the prominence it deserves. It is very necessary for the industry to understand it. It is disturbing, however, to see Michael Schlicht's wrong-headed comment. The MPA's statistics clearly demonstrate that the first pirate copies overwhelmingly come from camcords - the 90% figure has been consistent for some years. There is a poblem with print security in Russia, certainly - but not in the US.
