This gives productions the freedom to choose the recording file format that best matches scene content and budget, and the flexibility to archive HD, 2K or 4K recordings.
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An example of a prohibitionist model is the recording industry shutting down file-sharing to reign in intellectual property.
The camera provides up to 29 minutes and 59 seconds of continuous recording (with 4GB automatic file partitioning) in selectable All i-frame or IPB compressions with embedded timecode.
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Recording will automatically stop once the file size has reached 4 GB.
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The big Hollywood studios are alarmed at the potential for "file-sharing" - recording programmes and then sending them to friends with PVRs - which they see as a form of piracy which damages the interests of rights holders.
In addition to the better recording quality, the Plus version can also convert file types, and has a more robust database.
The legal battle between the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and file-swapping service Napster is due to resume on 2 October.
It was sped by such factors as the spread of DIY studio-recording technology, the rise of online radio and file sharing, and a growing international appetite for electronic music.
The recording industry is taking on Napster in court but other file swapping systems are quickly gathering fans and may be much more difficult to shut down.
On April 29th, the Recording Industry Association of America began sending messages to users of file-swapping programs who appear to be offering copyrighted music for download, warning them that they face possible legal action.
In the Fricosu case, on the other hand, the authorities had a recording of the suspect talking to her co-defendant in which she mentions an incriminating file on her laptop.
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Media companies and software vendors spend millions every year trying to stop people from trading their wares over the Internet, and the Recording Industry Association of America has even gone so far as to sue individual users of file-sharing networks.
While both the Mobile Digital Scribe and ZPen would be more palatable if they captured natively into a more standard file format such as JPEG or PDF, both do a solid job of recording pages of notes and line drawings.
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The lawsuit represents an innovative form of offensive warfare against the movie industry, which like the Recording Industry Association of America has turned to litigation to try and stem the wave of illegal file-sharing of copyright materials.
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