"We've been working with Internet2 for a while to explore ways we can take advantage of delivering content at these extremely high speeds, and basically manage illegitimate content distribution at the same time," said Chris Russell, the MPAA's vice president of Internet standards and technology. "Those would go hand in hand." Before he retired, Jack Valenti also spoke to the to university officials focusing on the problems of piracy, and pointed out with new networks like Internet2, members could have any pirated movie at a moments notice. Hollywood appears to see Internet2 as both a high potential commercial network, with the power to allow the MPAA sell copy protected copies of their movies faster than ever and also a very dangerous network that could make any movie available to any Internet2 member for free at lightning speeds.
Warner Bros. is already a member of Internet2, aswell as Napster. "This wraps together the broad interest we have in working with our members and potential members on advanced content delivery," said Internet2 Vice President Gary Bachula. "Obviously we're interested in making sure that's legal and safe."
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