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Jackson thanks Beatles, Disney for “allowing me to present this story” as 6-hour beast.
The Beatles: Get Back is now a Disney+ exclusive. And hoo boy, it's six hours long. [credit: The Walt Disney Company / Apple Corps / Wingnut Films ]
Peter Jackson's next six-hour epic is finally coming out this year—and in a first for the acclaimed director, the film will launch directly to a streaming service. It will also be broken up into episodes.
The Beatles: Get Back, an expansive documentary originally announced for a theatrical run this August, has had its release strategy tweaked. On Thursday, Jackson and Disney confirmed that the entire project will launch exclusively on Disney+ during this year's American Thanksgiving holiday. Each third of the documentary will launch on the streaming service on November 25, 26, and 27. As of press time, Disney hasn't said how the film will reach audiences outside of Disney+'s supported territories. Neither Jackson nor Disney clarified how the original theatrical run might have worked or whether the global pandemic forced anyone's hand.
Today's news confirms that Jackson had an abundance of footage to work with. Roughly three years ago, the remaining Beatles handed him access to a musical holy grail: over 60 hours of previously unseen video recordings, mostly capturing the Beatles working on the album Let It Be and rehearsing for, and then performing, the band's legendary 1969 rooftop concert in London.
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Kurz vor dem Neustart von Cyberpunk 2077 im Playstation Store hat CD Projekt Red das Update auf Version 1.23 veröffentlicht. (Cyberpunk 2077, Playstation 4)
Kurz vor dem Neustart von Cyberpunk 2077 im Playstation Store hat CD Projekt Red das Update auf Version 1.23 veröffentlicht. (Cyberpunk 2077, Playstation 4) A man who worked as a programmer for a major pirate streaming operation has been sentenced in the US. Luis Angel Villarino was indicted in August 2019 for his part in running Jetflicks . After admitting to one count of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement, he has now been ordered to serve 12 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
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In 2019, eight men were indicted by a grand jury for conspiring to violate criminal copyright law for running Jetflicks and iStreamitAll, two of the largest pirate streaming services in the United States.
The Las Vegas-based platforms were huge. Jetflicks, which was disguised as an aviation service, offered around 183,285 pirated TV episodes to customers. iStreamitAll was reported to have made available more than 118,479 TV shows and 10,980 movies to its customers, at the time more content than was on offer at Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime.
In December 2019, Darryl Julius Polo (aka djppimp) pleaded guilty to charges of copyright infringement and money laundering for helping to program Jetflicks and for founding and operating iStreamitAll. Earlier this year, Polo was sentenced to 57 months in prison, with the US granted a forfeiture order for $1 million, an amount that represents the illegal proceeds from his offenses.
The day after Polo pleaded guilty in 2019, former Jetflicks programmer Luis Angel Villarino pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement.
The Las Vegas resident admitted to his part in offering an illegal subscription-based streaming service that reproduced tens of thousands of copyrighted television episodes without authorization, and streamed and distributed the infringing programs to tens of thousands of paid subscribers throughout the United States.
Villarino (at the time aged 40) was originally due to be sentenced in March 2020 but due to various delays, including complications caused by the coronavirus pandemic, that didn’t take place until last month.
According to sentencing documents released by a Virginia court, Villarino’s actions were offenses under 18 U.S.C.§371 (Conspiracy to commit an offense or to defraud the United States). His offending ended in November 2017 but while his crimes were deemed to be less serious than those of Polo, they still warranted a custodial sentence.
Senior United States District Judge T.S. Ellis, III sentenced Villarino to be imprisoned for 12 months and one day. The year inside will be served at a facility in the Las Vegas area so the former Jetflicks programmer can be near his family.
Upon his release, Villarino must submit to a probation office within 72 hours and will then be subjected to three years of supervised release. During that period, Villarino must not commit any other crimes and must not unlawfully possess or use any controlled substance. He will also be subjected to periodic drug testing and must at no point possess any type of firearm or other dangerous weapons.
In addition to a 13-point list of other conditions, including an instruction to work regularly at a lawful occupation and not leave the district without permission, activities that may be related to his offending will also be restricted. This includes the monitoring of all of his computers plus conditions on what he can do with any unexpected windfalls such as a lottery win or inheritance.
No fines were imposed against Villarino at sentencing but that doesn’t necessarily mean he won’t have to pay restitution in the future.
While he and Darryl Polo took the opportunity to enter relatively early guilty pleas, six other defendants (Kristopher Lee Dallmann, Douglas M. Courson, Felipe Garcia, Jared Edward Jaurequi, Peter H. Huber, and Yoany Vaillant) are taking their chances at trial.
Only when that matter is concluded will restitution amounts be determined.
Villarino’s sentencing documents can be found here and here (pdf)
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“I’m certain that’s frustrating… but there’s not a whole lot I can do about it.”
Bethesda Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications Pete Hines talks to GameSpot about Starfield.
This week, Microsoft and Bethesda confirmed that Starfield will be coming exclusively to Xbox Series X/S and PC next year. And while that kind of exclusivity deal had been hinted at and heavily suspected by many since Microsoft's $7.5 billion acquisition of Bethesda's parent company, the announcement still came as sad news for PlayStation 5 owners hoping to play the upcoming space epic.
Bethesda Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications Pete Hines said he can certainly understand how PS5 owners must feel. In a video interview with GameSpot Wednesday, he offered his sympathy and an apology to PS5 owners upset about the move.
"I don't know how to allay the concerns of consumer and PlayStation 5 fans other than to say I'm a PlayStation 5 player as well, and I've played games on that console, and there's games I'm going to continue to play on it," Hines said. "But if you want to play Starfield, [it's] Xbox and PC. Sorry. All I can say is I apologize because I'm certain that that's frustrating to folks, but there's not a whole lot I can do about it."
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Erstmals können Besitzer der PS5 vorab die Systemsoftware ausprobieren. Details sind noch nicht bekannt – auf eine bestimmte Neuerung warten aber viele Spieler. (Playstation 5, Sony)
Erstmals können Besitzer der PS5 vorab die Systemsoftware ausprobieren. Details sind noch nicht bekannt - auf eine bestimmte Neuerung warten aber viele Spieler. (Playstation 5, Sony) Bank faults bitcoin’s “environmental and transparency shortcomings.”
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Last week, El Salvador’s government passed a law to accept bitcoin as legal tender alongside the US dollar. The country receives $6 billion in remittances per year—nearly a quarter of its gross domestic product—and the hope is that bitcoin’s lower transaction costs could boost that amount by a few percentage points.
The move was first proposed by the country’s president, Nayib Bukele, who said he hoped that in addition to facilitating lower remittance fees, the bitcoin plan would attract investment and provide an avenue for savings for residents, about 70 percent of whom are unbanked. (What Bukele didn’t say, but what Bloomberg has reported, is that he and members of his political party have owned bitcoin for years.)
Adding the cryptocurrency to the roster isn’t a simple task, though, and the new law gives the country just three months to roll the plan out nationwide. No country has ever used bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency as legal tender, and challenges abound. To address those concerns, El Salvador turned to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund for assistance; the latter is currently considering a $1.3 billion financing request from the country.
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Der japanische Konzern Canon zwingt seine Beschäftigten zum Lächeln bei der Gesichtserkennung im Eingangsbereich. Wer sich daran gewöhne, verbessere die Atmosphäre. (Gesichtserkennung, Canon)
Der japanische Konzern Canon zwingt seine Beschäftigten zum Lächeln bei der Gesichtserkennung im Eingangsbereich. Wer sich daran gewöhne, verbessere die Atmosphäre. (Gesichtserkennung, Canon) Das Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlins hat das Solargesetz beschlossen. Es soll mehr Ökostrom in der Hauptstadt möglich machen. (Solarenergie, Internet)
Das Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlins hat das Solargesetz beschlossen. Es soll mehr Ökostrom in der Hauptstadt möglich machen. (Solarenergie, Internet) This year rugged phone maker Bullitt Group announced a partnership with Motorola to bring rugged Motorola-branded phones to market. Now the first one has arrived: the Motorola Defy is a waterproof, dustproof, drop-proof smartphone with a 5,000 mAh bat…
This year rugged phone maker Bullitt Group announced a partnership with Motorola to bring rugged Motorola-branded phones to market. Now the first one has arrived: the Motorola Defy is a waterproof, dustproof, drop-proof smartphone with a 5,000 mAh battery, mid-range specs and a mid-range price tag. It goes on sale next week in select European and […]
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