Conference of Wednesday February 2, 2005
10:00 am – 10:15 am: Frédéric Delacroix, ALPA
Frédéric Delacroix, General Delegate of the Association against Audiovisual Piracy (ALPA), will
detail the origin of the films pirated in France.
10:15 am – noon: From production to the release in theatres
Digital technologies, especially watermarking, allow to limit the leaks in the laboratories, during the
promotion of the movie or within the movie theatres. Promotion is a critical step when videotapes or
DVD screeners are sent to awards juries and to marketing partners prior to the theatrical release.
• Patrick O'Rourke, Éclair
• Pascal Marie, Nextamp
• John Couling, Dolby
• Gwendal Auffret, consultant in digital cinema
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm, Keynote: Charles Swartz, CEO, ETC
Charles Swartz manages the Digital Cinema Laboratory within the Entertainment Technology
Center of Los Angeles. He took part in the tests settled by DCI, in particular those dedicated to the
security of digital cinema files. His next works will focus on the new media for the general public.
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm: After the release in theatres
Security for audiovisual works in distribution channels to the general public suffers from the
diversity of the formats and the incompatibility of the systems of protection. Can we imagine the set
up of a norm in order to promote legal offers of VoD?
• Laurent Dondey, TVigilant
• Thomson
• Thierry Maman, Luxsat
• MaLigne TV
• Ted Shapiro, MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America)
• Michel Gomez, ARP (société civile des Auteurs Réalisateurs Producteurs)