好莱坞面临竞争(2)【沪江慢速VOA080309】

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Hollywood Looks Overseas for Talent and Profit(2/2)

Hollywood also faces competition from illegally copied movies, a major issue to the Motion Picture Association of America. The trade group estimated more than eighteen billion dollars in worldwide losses from piracy in two thousand five.

Hollywood reporter Alan Silverman says piracy has influenced how American movies are released. In the past, Hollywood studios waited months after the American release of a film to release it in foreign markets. Now, many aim to release films at the same time around the world.

Foreign markets may also influence how people get their movies. Different nations have different levels of technology. Efforts to settle on the next-generation DVD got a lot of attention recently. Sony's Blu-ray technology for high-definition televisions won the competition with Toshiba's HD DVD format.

Yet DVD sales have dropped in recent years. This may be a sign that people are increasingly getting their movies off the Internet. The Internet is another front in Hollywood's war on piracy. But more than that, it presents complex business questions for an industry now built mostly on DVD and ticket sales.

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好莱坞还面临着非法盗版所带来的竞争，这是美国电影协会的一个重大的问题。贸易组织在2005年估计全世界因版权侵害所造成的损失超过180亿。

好莱坞的记者阿兰希弗曼表示版权侵害影响到了美国电影的发行。过去，好莱坞工作室需要在电影发行后等待数月才能使其在海外发行。如今他们旨在让电影全球同时首映。

国外市场还可能影响到人们获取电影的途径。不同的国家对于技术有着不同的等级。为解决下一代DVD问题所作的努力近来得到很多关注。索尼高清电视机的的蓝光技术赢得了与东芝HD DVD格式之间的竞争。

然而DVD销售近年来有所滑落。这可能是人们越来越多地从网络下载影片的一个表现。英特网好莱坞打击盗版的另一条阵线。但不仅如此，它还反映了依赖DVD销售及票房收入的产业的复杂商业问题。