Monday, September 29 Digital Rights Management, Content Piracy and Security Workshops 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Session A: Feature Film Distribution and Piracy - Broadband, DTV, HDTV and Digital Cinema The statistics on Internet piracy of new feature releases can be alarming and unsettling. According to studies, there are hundreds of thousands of feature downloads each week. It is no wonder that film industry executives have been raising the red flag – understandably, they don’t want their industry to get Napsterized. Fortunately, from the successful box office numbers of the past year, the impact of Internet piracy has yet to be felt, but an all-digital cinema industry is coming and the Industry must prepare for it. Computers will always be more powerful, more consumers will have broadband, home theaters will be robust and PVRs and large-scale feature swapping may be the result. On the other hand, the news is not all bad. The technology industry has as much at stake in expansion of digital delivery of content as do the entertainment producers. More effective DRM packages are being developed and new and innovative subscription services are on the way. Is there a way to innovate out of the looming crisis? Is Internet piracy of feature films a show-stopper or simply an industry speed bump? Darcy Antonellis, Executive Vice President, Distribution & Technology Operations, Warner Bros. John Godwin, Chief Technology Officer, Movielink Mitch Singer, Senior Vice President, Strategic Development & Legal Affairs, Digital Policy Group, Sony Pictures Entertainment Ron Wheeler, Senior Vice President, Content Protection, Fox Entertainment Group Aaron Markham, Manager of Internet Anti-Piracy, Worldwide Anti-Piracy Operations, Universal Studios Brad Hunt, Chief Technology Officer, MPAA, Moderator Brad Hunt, Chief Technology Officer, Motion Picture Association: Mr. Hunt is currently the Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for the Motion Picture Association of America. He works closely with the seven major studios that make up the MPAA in providing guidance on technology issues and policymaking. He chairs internal MPAA working groups that focus on a range of technical topics including copy protection, digital cinema, and Internet security issues. He has worked in the motion picture and television industry for over twenty-five years. His career experiences have ranged from research & development of motion picture film stocks to executive management of HDTV telecine and digital film post-production hardware businesses. He has also worked in the video post-production service industry and helped establish one of the early DVD pre-mastering and MPEG compression service facilities in Los Angeles. Mr. Hunt has a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. degree from the William E. Simon Graduate Business School at the University of Rochester. He is also a Fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. John Godwin, CTO, Movielink: As the Chief Technology Officer for Movielink, John Godwin is responsible for all company infrastructure and operations including Movielink's web site, content distribution network, content security, e-commerce operations and business systems. John will direct Movielink's technical evolution into new services, platforms and distribution methods. John brings to Movielink over ten years of experience in media delivery. Those years included a key role as the principal architect on the DIRECTV launch team. Most recently, he was DIRECTV's Chief Technologist and Senior Vice President for Advanced Products. John also brings to Movielink over a decade of experience in telecommunications systems development for voice, data and television. John holds an M.S.E. in Computer, Information & Control Eng. and another in Aerospace Eng, both from the University of Michigan. He also has a B.A. in Physics from De Pauw University.  Darcy Antonellis, Executive Vice President, Distribution & Technology Operations, Warner Bros.: Technical Operations Inc.: Ms. Antonellis joined WB as Senior Vice President, Operations, in 1998. Her responsibilities include the management of the Technical Operations components for content storage, fulfillment and distribution. She’s largely responsible for the studio’s conversion to digital distribution - including their recent migration to the next generation store and forward content delivery. Ms. Antonellis held several positions during her fourteen-year tenure at CBS prior to joining Warner Bros. Her production work included the areas of news, sports, and entertainment for the Operations and Engineering divisions. She worked as Director of Operations stationed in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait during the 1991 Gulf War. A veteran of three Olympics, she last headed up CBS’s coverage of the 1998 Nagano Olympics. Ms. Antonellis’ Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering is from Temple University; her MBA is from Fordham University. She is the recipient of the Temple University Certificate of Honor from the College of Engineering. While at CBS she garnered two Emmy awards for Technical Production for both the 1994 Lillehammer and 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.