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1、Unit1PiratesoftheInternetIt’snosecretthatonlinepiracyhasdecimatedthemusicindustryasmillionsofpeoplestoppedbuyingCDsandstartedstealingtheirfavoritesongsbydownloadingthemfromtheinternet.Nowthehign-techthievesarecomingafterHollywood.Illegaldownloadingoffull-lengthfeaturefilmsisare
2、lativelynewphenomenon,butit’sbecomingeasierandeasiertodo.ThepeoplerunningAmerica’smoviestudiosknowthatiftheydon’tdosomething----andfast---theycouldbeinthesameboatastherecordcompanies.Correspodent:“What’sreallyatstakeforthemovieindustrywithallthisprivacy?”Chernin:“Well,Ithink,yo
3、uknow,ultimately,ourabsolutefeatures.”PeterCherninruns20thCenturyFox,oneofthebiggeststudiosinHollywood.HeknowsthepiratesoftheInternetaregainingonhim.Correspont:“Doyouknowhowmanymoviesarebeingdownloadedtoday,inoneday,intheUnitedStates?”Chernin:“Ithinkit’sprobablyinthehundredsoft
4、housands,ifnotmillions.”Correspondent:“Andit’sonlygoingtogrow.”Chernin:“It’sonlygoingtogrow.Somebodycanputaperfectdigitalcopyupontheinternet.Aperfectdigitalcopy,allright.Andwiththeclickofmouse,sendoutamillioncopiesallovertheworld,inaninstant.”5Andit’sallfree.Ifthattakeshold,kis
5、sHollywoodgoodbye.Cherninrecentlyorganizeda“summit”betweenstudiomogulsandsomehighschoolandcollegekids---thepeoplemostlikelytobedownloading.Chernin:“Andwesaid,‘Let’scomeupwithachallenge.Let’sgivethemfivemovies,andseeiftheycanfindthemonline.’Andweallsataroundandpickedfivemovies,f
6、ourofwhichhadn’tbeenreleasedyet.Andthenwecamebackhalfanhourlater.Theyhadfoundallfivemoviesthatwegavethem.”Correspondent:“Eventheonesthathadn’tevenbeenreleasedyet?”Chernin:“Eventheonesthathadn’tevenbeenreleasedyet.”Correspondent:“Didthesekidshaveanysensethattheywerestealing?”Che
7、rnin:“Youknowit’s…it’saweirddichotomy.Ithinktheyknowit’sstealing,andIdon’tthinktheythinkit’swrong.Ithinktheyhaveanattitudeof,‘It’shere.’”TheInternetcopyoflastyear’shitSigns,starringMelGibson,wasstolenevenbeforedirectorM.NightShyamalancouldorganizethepremiere.Correspondent:“Them
8、oviewasabouttobereleased.Whendidthefirstbootlegcopyapp