Sony project to download movies from Internet

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Sony Corp is working on its newest technology that would allow the downloading of feature films from the Internet. The company is targeting business travelers. It is engaged in talks with several Hollywood studios on the technology. If they are successful, old and newer Sony Pictures movies will be available as well as other studios' films. The company is also concerned with ways to prevent copying or forwarding the files to other computer users and avoiding repeated viewings that would cut studios' revenues.

Strategy & planning, Motion Pictures, Sony Corp.

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Disney, Katzenberg resolve rancorous lawsuit

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Walt Disney Co has reached an agreement with its former president Jeffrey Katzenberg on his claims lawsuit which he filed against the studio. Katzenberg, who, resigned from Disney in 1994, claimed that he was entitled to 2% of all future profits from films and merchandise produced during the ten years when he was head of Disney's motion picture operations. Katzenberg had sued for $250 million but this was later increased to $580 million.

Legal issues & crime, Motion Picture & TV Production, Walt Disney Co.

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