Nearly halfway around the world from Hollywood, a 17-year-old high-school student is trying to make a name for himself as a film distributor.
Unlike the moguls in Tinseltown, though, he and his colleagues in a group called MysticVCD don't cut deals, take meetings or campaign for Oscars (news - web sites). Instead, their goal is to put a movie on the Internet first, long before it's officially released on tape or disc. If MysticVCD wins the race, the digital copy it produces will be downloaded onto tens of thousands of computers around the globe, potentially reaching more screens than the film itself did in theatrical release.
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With more and more states in the US making it very costly to bring a camera into the theaters, a few people will be scared away, but the main source of these pirated movies is still employees at pressing plants and award ceremonies. Now, if Hollywood would start releasing some original content, I’m sure more people would go to the theaters instead of downloading a movie and throwing it away after 10 minutes of watching it.