英语高级视听-上-听力原文-Unit1-pirates-of-the-internet

.word可编辑.VideoScript------------------------------10.25PiratesoftheInternetIt’snosecretthatonlinepiracyhasdecimatedthemusicindustryasmillionsofpeoplestoppedbuyingCDsandstartedstealingtheirfavoritesongsbydownloadingthemfromtheinternet.Nowthehign-techthievesarecomingafterHollywood.Illegaldownloadingoffull-lengthfeaturefilmsisarelativelynewphenomenon,butit’sbecomingeasierandeasiertodo.ThepeoplerunningAmerica’smoviestudiosknowthatiftheydon’tdosomething----andfast---theycouldbeinthesameboatasthe感谢阅读recordcompanies.Correspodent:“What’sreallyatstakeforthe精品文档放心下载movieindustrywithallthisprivacy?”Chernin:“Well,Ithink,youknow,ultimately,ourabsolutefeatures.”PeterCherninruns20thCenturyFox,oneofthebiggeststudiosinHollywood.HeknowsthepiratesoftheInternetaregainingonhim.Correspont:“Doyouknowhowmanymoviesarebeingdownloadedtoday,inoneday,intheUnitedStates?”Chernin:“Ithinkit’sprobablyinthehundredsofthousands,ifnotmillions.”Correspondent:“Andit’sonlygoingtogrow.”Chernin:“It’sonlygoingtogrow.Somebodycanputaperfectdigitalcopyupontheinternet.Aperfectdigitalcopy,allright.Andwiththeclickofmouse,sendoutamillioncopiesallovertheworld,inaninstant.”感谢阅读. 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..word可编辑.5Andit’sallfree.Ifthattakeshold,kissHollywoodgoodbye.Cherninrecentlyorganizeda“summit”betweenstudiomogulsandsomehighschoolandcollegekids---thepeoplemostlikelytobedownloading.Chernin:“Andwesaid,‘Let’scomeupwithachallenge.Let’sgivethemfivemovies,andseeiftheycanfindthemonline.’Andweallsataroundandpickedfivemovies,fourofwhichhadn’tbeenreleasedyet.Andthenwecamebackhalfanhourlater.Theyhadfoundallfivemoviesthatwegavethem.”Correspondent:“Eventheonesthathadn’tevenbeenreleasedyet?”Chernin:“Eventheonesthathadn’tevenbeenreleasedyet.”Correspondent:“Didthesekidshaveanysensethattheywerestealing?”Chernin:“Youknowit’s…it’saweirddichotomy.Ithinktheyknowit’sstealing,andIdon’tthinktheythinkit’swrong.Ithinktheyhaveanattitudeof,‘It’shere.’”TheInternetcopyoflastyear’shitSigns,starringMelGibson,wasstolenevenbeforedirectorM.NightShyamalancouldorganizethepremiere.Correspondent:“Themoviewasabouttobereleased.Whendidthefirstbootlegcopyappear?”感谢阅读6Shyamalan:“Twoweeksbeforeitorthreeweeksbeforeit.BeforetheInternetage,whensomebodybootleggedamovie,theonly感谢阅读. 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..word可编辑.outlettheyhadwastoseeittothosevendorsonTimesSquare,wheretheyhadtheboxessetupoutsideandtheysay,‘Hey,wehaveSigns---it’snotevenoutyet.’Andyouwalkbyandyouknowit’sillegal.Butnow,becauseit’sthedigitalage,youcansee,like,acleancopy.It’snolongerthekindofthesleazyguyinTimesSquarewiththebox.It’sjust,oh,it’sonthisbeautifulsite,andIhavetogo,‘Click.’”Correspondent:“HowdidthosemoviesgetontheInternet?Howdidthathappen?”Chernin:“Throughanabsoluteactoftheft.Someonestealsaprintfromtheeditor’sroom;someonestealsaprintfromtheperson;thecomposerwho’sdoingthemusic…absolutephysicaltheft,stealsaprint,makesadigitalcopy,anduploadsit.”Correspondent:“Andthereyougo.”DigitalcopieslikethisoneofTheMatrixReloadedhavealsobeenbootleggedfromDVDssenttoreviewersoradagencies,orcirculatedamongcompaniesthatdospecialeffects,orsubtitles.Chernin:“Theotherwaythatpre-releasedmoviesendup(stolen)isthatpeoplegoto…therearelotsofscreeningsthathappeninthisindustry…Peoplegotothosescreeningswithacamcorder,withadigitalcamcorder,sitintheback,turnthecamcorderon…”Correspondent:“Andrecordit.”Thisisoneofthoserecorded-off-the-screencopiesofDisney’sPiratesoftheCaribbean.Notgreatquality,butnotawfuleither.Andwhileit感谢阅读. 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..word可编辑.usedtotakeforevertodownloadamovie,anyonewithahigh-speedInternetconnectioncannowhaveafull-lengthfilminanhourortwo.精品文档放心下载Saaf:“Well,thisisjustoneofmanywebsiteswherebasicallypeople,hackersifyouwill,announcetheirpiracyreleases.”RandySaafrunsacompanycalledMediaDefenderthathelpsmoviestudioscombatonlinepiracy.Correspondent:“Lookatthis,allthesenewmoviesthatIhaven’tevenseenyet,allhere.”Saaf:谢谢阅读“Yep.”Correspondent:“SecondhandLionsthatjustcameout.SometimesIfeellikeI’mtheonlypersoninthiscountrywhohas谢谢阅读neverdownloadedanything.Butmaybethereisafewothersofusoutthere.SoI’mgoingtoaskyoutoshowusKazaa,that’sthebiggestdownloadingsite,right?”Saaf:“Right.ThisistheKazaamediadesktop.Kazaaisthelargestpeer-to-peernetwork.”It’scalledpeer-to-peerbecausecomputerusersaresharingfiles8精品文档放心下载witheachother,withnomiddleman.AllKazaadoesisprovidethesoftwaretomakethatsharingpossible.WhenwewentonlinewithRandySaaf,nearlyfourmillionotherKazaausersweretherewithus,sharingeverykindofdigitalfile.Saaf:“Audio,documents,images,software,andvideo.Ifyouwantedamovie,youwould谢谢阅读. 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..word可编辑.clickonthevideosection,andthenyouwouldtypeinasearch精品文档放心下载phrase.Andbasicallywhatthisisdoingnow,itisaskingthe谢谢阅读peopleonthepeer-to-peernetwork,‘WhohasFindingMemo’?”谢谢阅读Withinseconds,191computerssentananswer:“Wehaveit.”This谢谢阅读isFindingMemo,crisppictureandsound,downloadedfreefrom谢谢阅读Kazaaamonthbeforeitsreleaseforvideorentalorsale.Ifyou精品文档放心下载don’twanttowatchitonalittlecomputerscreen,youdon’thave谢谢阅读to.Onthenewestcomputers,youcanjust“burn”itontoaDVD精品文档放心下载andwatchitonyourbig-screenTV.Andthat’sadaggerpointed精品文档放心下载rightattheheartofHollywood.Chernin:“Wheremoviesmakethe感谢阅读bulkoftheirmoneyisonDVDandhomevideos.50percentofthe感谢阅读revenuesforanymoviecomeoutofhomevideo…”Correspondent:感谢阅读“15percent?”Chernin:“50percentsothatifpiracyoccursandit感谢阅读wipesoutyourhomevideoprofitsorultimatelyyourtelevision谢谢阅读profits,youareout9ofbusiness.Nomovieswillgetmade.”Evenifmoviesdidgetmade,NightShyamalansaysthatwouldn’tbeanygood,becauseprofitswouldbenegligible,sobudgetswouldshrinkdramatically.Shyamalan:“Andslowlyitwilldegradewhat’spossibleinthatartform.”Rosso:“Technologyalwayswins.Always.Youcan’tshutitdown.”WayneRossoisHollywood’senemy.Theycallhimapirate,谢谢阅读. 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..word可编辑.butofficiallyhe’sthepresidentofGrokster,anotherpeer-to-peernetworkthatworksjustlikeKazaa.Correspondent:“Ok,Ihavedownloadedyoursoftware.”Rosso:“Right.”Correspondent:“Ok,didIpaytodothat?”Rosso:“No,it’sfree.”Correspondent:“Sowhopaysyou?Howdoyoumakemoney?”Rosso:“We’relikeradio.Weareadvertising-supported.”Correspondent:“AndhowmanypeopleuseGrokster?”Rosso:“Tenmillion.”Correspondent:“Tenmillionpeoplehaveusedit.”Rosso:“Amonth.”Correspondent:“Everymonth,tenmillionpeople?”Rosso:“Uh-huh,uh-huh.Andgrowing.”感谢阅读10Correspondent:“Useittodownloadmusic,movies,software,videogames,whatelse?”Rosso:“Iwillassume.See,wehavenowayofknowingwhatpeoplearedownloading.”Correspondent:“That’sjustafigleaf.Youarefacilitating,allowing,helpingpeoplesteal.”Rosso:“Wehavenoideawhatthecontentis,andwhateveritis…”Correspondent:“Well,youmaynotknowthespecifics,butyouknowthat’swhatyoursite…”Rosso:And“wecan’tstopit.Wehavenocontroloverit.”Correspondent:“Butyouarethereforthatpurpose,thatiswhyyouexist,ofcourseitis.”Rosso:“No,no,no,no,no,no.”Correspondent:“Comeon,thisisthefigleafpart.”Rosso:“No,no,no,no,no.”Shyamalan:“Heistotallyconformable谢谢阅读. 专业.专注 ..word可编辑.withputtingonhissiteastolenpieceofmaterial.AmIwrongin谢谢阅读that?Ifmymoviewasbootlegged, he’dbetotallycomfortable谢谢阅读puttingitonhissite?”Correspondent:“BecauseIhavenothingto谢谢阅读dowithit.”Shyamalan:“Yeah,right.”Correspondent:“BecauseIjust精品文档放心下载providedthesoftware.”Shyamalan:“Yeah,right.So,immediately,谢谢阅读howcanyoueverhavea11conversationwithhim?Becausehe’stakenastolenmaterialandheistotallyfinewithpassingitaroundinhishouse.Allthese,alltheseareillegalactivities.So,I’mnot,it’sjustmyhouse,I’mnotdoinganythingwrong.”ButitisRossohowhasthelawonhisside.AfederaljudgehasruledthatGroksterandotherfile-swappingnetworksarenotliableforwhattheirdownloadersaredoing.Rosso:“Sowearecompletelylegal,andunfortunatelythisissomethingtheentertainmentindustryrefusestoaccept.Theyseemtothinkthejudge’sdecisionwasnothingbutatypo.”Thestudiosareappealingthatcourtruling.Andtheymayfollowthemusicindustryandbegintosueindividualswhodownloadmovies.Andtheyarefightingthepiratesinotherways,withadsaboutpeoplewhosejobsareatriskbecauseofthepiracy---peoplelikethecarpentersandpainterswhoworkonfilmsets.Atthesametime,Hollywoodistryingtokeepcopiesofmoviesfromleakingin感谢阅读. 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..word可编辑.thefirstplace.Chernin:“Youwillveryseldomgotoanearlyscreeningofamovierightnowwhere,probablyyoudon’tnoticeuntilyoupayattention,someone’snotinthefrontofthatauditoriumwithinfraredbinocularslookingforsomebodywithacamcorder.”谢谢阅读12Andonceamovieisreleased,orcopiesdobegintoleak,thestudioshirepeoplelikeRandySaaftohackthehackers.Saaf:“Whatwe’rejusttryingtodoismaketheactualpiratedcontentdifficulttofind.Andthewaywedothatisby,youknow,servingupfakefiles.”It’scalled“spoofing.”SaafandhisemployeesspendtheirdaysonKazaaandGrokster,offeringupthousandsoffilesthatlooklikecopiesofnewmovies,butaren’t.Correspondent:“SoifIhadclickedonanynumberofthoseFindingNemoofferings,Icouldhaveclickedononeofyours,orsomebodylikeyou.AndwhatwouldIhavefoundaftermyhourandahalfofdownloading?”Saaf:“itmightjustbeablankscreenorsomething.Youknow,typicallyspeaking,whatwepushoutisjustnottherealcontent.”Correspondent:“Whatyouaretryingtodoismakethissoimpossible,soinfuriatingthatpeoplewilljustthrowuptheirhandsandsayit’sjusteasierformetogorentthisthing,buytheDVDorwhatever,it’sjusteasier.”Saaf:“Right.”Correspondent:精品文档放心下载. 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..word可编辑.“That’syourgoal.”Saaf：：“Right.”精品文档放心下载13Correspondent:“Doesthatwork?Isthatagoodidea?”Rosso:“No.Itdoesn’twork.ImeanIdon’tblamethembutitdoesn’tworkbecausewhathappensisthatthecommunitycleansesitselfofthespoofs.”Hemeansthatdownloadersquicklyspreadthewordonlineabouthowtotellthefakemoviefilesfromtherealthing.Correspondent:“It’slikeanarmsrace(军备竞赛）,isn’tit?”Chernin:“That’sexactlywhatit’slike.It’slikeanarmsrace.Therewillbe,youknow,they’regonnagetastepahead.We’regonnatryandgetthatstepback.”Rosso:“ButI’lltellyouonething:I’llbetonthehackers.”Correspondent:“Thattheywillbreakwhatever…”Rosso:“Thestudioscomeupwith.”Correspondent:“Thecompaniesthrowatthem.”谢谢阅读HollywoodknowsthatdownloadingofftheInternetisthewaymillionsofconsumerswanttogettheirentertainment---andthatisn’tgoingaway.Chernin:“Thegenerallyacceptedestimateisthatmorethat60millionAmericanshavedownloadedfile-sharingsoftwareontotheircomputers.”Correspondent:“60million.”感谢阅读14Chernin:“At60millionAmericans,that’samainstreamproduct.That’snotabunchofcollegekidsor,youknow,abunchof精品文档放心下载. 专业.专注 ..word可编辑.computergeeks.That’sAmerica.”So,insteadoftryingtostopitentirely,thestudiosarelookingforwaystoembraceit,butgetpaidtoo.WayneRossosaysthebestwayistonegotiatesomekindsoflicensingdealwithhim.Rosso:“Ifthemovieindustryactsnowandstartsexploringalternativesandsolutionswithguyslikeme,hopefullytheywon’thaveaproblem.”Correspondent:“Whatiftheytrytobuyyou?”Rosso:“I’dsellitinalheartbeat.”Correspondent:“Youwouldsell,Groksterwouldselltoamoviestudio?”Rosso:“Sure,callme.”TheideaofmakingdealswithwhatPeterChernincalls“abunchofcrooks”doesn’tappealtoHollywood.Instead,Foxandotherstudioshavejustlaunchedtheirownsite,Movielink,whereconsumerscandownloadafilmforamodestfee,betweenthreeandfivedollars.Chernin:“Ithinkyouwouldlovetheideathatyoudon’thavetogotothevideosto