(New York) – Oscar-winning filmmaker Bruce Cohen and CreativeFuture Executive Director Ruth Vitale teamed up Tuesday night to discuss the challenges and opportunities for today’s filmmakers. The discussion, part of a special Artist Academy edition of NYFF Live, was held at Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.... Read more
The vast majority of the most popular films and television shows are legally available online for U.S. audiences, according to a new study from KPMG. The first-of-its-kind comprehensive study analyzed a large sample of 808 films and 724 television shows that was compiled based on popularity with audiences and critical... Read more
By Chris Ortman Disclaimer: CreativeFuture does not encourage physical violence to settle arguments. Fantastic Fest, the genre film festival held each year at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas, has a curious tradition: hosting a series of verbal and physical “debates” that take place inside a boxing ring. On... Read more
The top 30 cyberlockers make nearly $100 million a year from stolen creative works and are facilitated by major credit card companies. That’s a key takeaway from a new report, released today by the Digital Citizens Alliance, providing further proof that piracy is, more than ever, a big business driven... Read more
On Wednesday, CreativeFuture participated in “Beyond the Red Carpet: Movie and TV Magic Day” on Capitol Hill, an event co-hosted by Creative Rights Caucus Co-Chairs, Rep. Judy Chu and Rep. Howard Coble. The event offered a behind-the-scenes look at all the creativity, talent, and innovation that drive the film and... Read more
By Ruth Vitale It’s a simple question, really. How does BitTorrent, Inc. feel about the fact that the peer-to-peer protocol it created is used by millions of people to avoid paying for creative content? After all, its technology has enabled a huge black market for the “sharing” of creative works... Read more
Film, television, music, and books are the backbone of our culture, but you wouldn’t know it based on the dollar value we assign to creativity. A guest post written by Tim League, founder and CEO of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas, and Ruth Vitale, executive director of CreativeFuture,... Read more
By Ruth Vitale There is strength in numbers. That’s why CreativeFuture is uniting our community to speak out about the value of creativity. If we join together and speak with one voice, good things can happen. Yesterday, a group of our colleagues in the creative community did just that. In... Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 2014 LOS ANGELES – Yesterday, in a letter addressed to representatives of the three major advertising associations, members from across the creative community commended advertisers for their recent pledge to do more to prevent the flow of ad dollars to pirate sites. CreativeFuture Executive Director... Read more
Film and television writer and director Alec Berg, whom you may recognize from his work on such hit shows as “Seinfeld”, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”, and “Silicon Valley,” and the movie The Dictator, penned an op-ed that ran today in The Hill. In it, he thanked members of Congress for calling on the... Read more
