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Title: **// How does uploading movies online affect DVD releasing industry? //**  Area of Impact: Arts, Entertainment and Leisure Article: "Full-length MGM films on YouTube." Article Url: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7720918.stm ** Bui Ngoc Duy ** ** 11E ** 2 December 2008 ** ITGS Portfolio HL ** Word Count: 957 (without sources) Along the development in internet, the online community is now concerning about watching movies online. In addiction of that, there are now a lot of online broadcast, where people can share movie online globally. MGM [1] want to target Youtube as its source for uploading “full-length films” online to share with the online community [2]. The reason ,which MGM choose Youtube as its destination of uploading movies online, is “ They have a lot of people walking through their front door everyday. “ said Mr. Parker, co-president of MGM Worldwide Television. However, even though this will become a “little business”, its income is still relied on advertisement during the movies played, which mean, people can watch FREE online movies, especially MGM movies. In generally, putting online movies can affect on the DVD authoring because if putting movies online, there will be difficulties for companies, who are in DVD releasing industry, to release DVDs for people. The DVD authorization industry should find ways to encourage people to buy DVDs instead of watching them online. = = = B- The IT Background = Youtube, “Broadcast Yourself”, is a online video sharing website where people can upload and share to everyone globally but they must follow the terms of service before uploading. Despite of that, in reality, there are people uploading series of cartoon, anime, films online on Youtube, even though they still committed to follow the term of services on Youtube before uploading a video. For example: there are people uploading High School Musical 3 High Quality Movies ONLINE within any agreements to upload [3]. People can understand that Youtube is going to become a web of uploading every famous movie online for audiences who do not or did not have any chance to buy DVDs. DVD authoring is the process of releasing DVD to play in DVD player, which now become a really important process with producing a movie. It is the main part of the producing to gain the benefits to repay back the money, which is spent for making movies. Movies on DVD have a good quality of sound and images [4]. Besides the technology, DVD attract the audience because of its features, some of DVDs include the making of the movie, interviews, extra screens, etc. However, the online community is making the industry of DVD authoring worry about because there are people uploading movies and share word widely, who is ignoring the movie copyright policy of that specific country. The first issue which is concerned about is the movie copyright [5]. When uploading the movies online, people usually do not take seriously about the movie copyright, especially students, in US (specific example) [6]. They do not put themselves seriously about awareness the crime of copyright policy [7]. When downloading a movie to their own computers, the audience can share the movies with other friends via USB, HDD Box, etc. so that means they will think that they are not going to buy DVDs from shop. [8] If this continues, teenagers would prefer watching movies online instead of spending money to go to shops buying DVDs. In addiction of that the movie copy right will be useless in the future if sharing movies online is free. Besides sharing movies online, it will depend on how the fast the internet is. Leading to more demand in internet uses, technology is trying to improve the fast of internet speed world wide. However, even though the internet is become fast due to the developing in technology, people sometimes complain the slow it is. It does not matter because people can upload and download movies easier now with just a click. There a few websites allow people to upload/download or watch movies freely, such as Youtube.com, mininova.org [9] (torrent file), megavideo.com [10], etc. Those websites are become popular in the internet communities, but the popularity of those websites are depended on the quality of the movies. However, people know that it is essential that watching movies in DVD is better than Online, but the time of waiting for the DVD released out is long so that some people would rather watching or downloading them online. It will be affective for websites allowing movies online but ineffective for company releasing DVD. These two sides are contrasting each other a lot, in ethical issue and also the technology competition. In addiction to reducing the rate of uploading movies illegally, the company should make a serious rule when allowing someone to upload any kind of movies online. Instead of allow people download movies freely, the websites should put a rule that people should pay the money to down the movie or download higher quality than the basic one. [11] For example: iwatchfilm.com have a rule that if the audience want to down the full movie, they have to pay a little money, such as downloading for a FULL Iron man movie, the downloader have to pay $4.99 [12]. However, there will be some people will pay, but some do not like and return to buy DVDs from shops. Well for this solution, it would be affective for side, the movies online communities and the releasing DVD companies. It will make the balance for both type of business. Besides balancing the business, the consumer should improve the quality of DVD which also can attract the audience back to buying DVD instead of watching online. The image of the DVD should be neater and the sound can be more realistic which will entertain people to watch movies in DVD. [13] If there are any developments in DVD authoring [14], the issue of uploading movies online could be balanced with the amount of DVD releasing out to the public [15].
 * A- Presentation of the Issue **
 * C – The Impact of the Issue **
 * D – Solution to the problems **
 * E – Selection of Sources **
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