Cheap CD hardware spurs music piracy in U.S.
The RIAA warns inexpensive CD-Rs and blank discs have triggered a surge in counterfeit and pirated music. With CD-Rs priced around 400 dollars and discs at 1 dollar, counterfeit CDs proliferate, aided by tower burners and online sales. The anti-piracy unit seized 3,600 unauthorized discs in early 1998.
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City of Angels tops weekend box office
City of Angels debuts at No 1 with 16.1 million in ticket sales, as Lost in Space drops to 2nd and Titanic slides to 3rd with 8.7 million. The list also includes Species 2, The Players Club, Mercury Rising, Neil Simon's The Odd Couple II, My Giant, Grease reissue, and Primary Colors. Final figures to be released today.
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Diana Tribute to People’s Princess Shown in Britain
In Britain a TV movie about Princess Diana’s final years aired on Live TV. The $3.3 million production covers 1996 divorce to her 1997 Paris crash, with Amy Clare Seccombe in the title role and George Jackos as Dodi Fayed. MirroTV says profits are not expected to be large and donations are undecided.
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Taos festival awards five acres for best filmmaker
Taos Talking Picture Festival will grant a five acre mountaintop plot near Rio Grande Gorge to the most innovative filmmaker for the third year. Jeff Jackson donated Cerro Montoso land and festival founder Joshua Bryant notes the prize is unique among national film events. About 130 films from 15 countries will be shown as organizers expect 7,000 attendees.
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Artist proposes Museum of Sex in Manhattan
New York AP reports artist Alison Maddox backs a Museum of Sex with exhibits and exhibitions. A fund-raising letter cites scientists, historians, doctors, psychologists, artists, curators and sex industry members. Plans include recreating an old brothel and shows like Sex in America. Maddox and partners seek a 30000 square foot Flatiron District office space.
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