Movie-camera maker accuses rival of corporate espionage (omg!)

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Shots are being fired in the world of the digital camera.

California-based Red Digital Cinema alleges that a former executive at Delaware-based Arri engaged in corporate espionage when he hacked into the email server of a third camera company, according to a complaint Red filed December 21 in U.S. District Court in California.

According to the lawsuit, which was obtained by TheWrap, Red alleges Arri used the hacked emails to give its Alexa camera a competitive advantage over Red's Epic camera.

Red alleges unfair competition based on email hacking, invasion of privacy, conversion, misappropriation of trade secrets and unlawful trade practices, among other charges.

In September, Michael Bravin, Arri's ex-VP of market development for digital camera products, pleaded guilty to unlawfully accessing the email server of Band Pro Film & Digital while he was employed at Arri.

Bravin, who had previously worked for Band Pro, was charged with computer fraud and email hacking and, following a plea agreement, was sentenced to two years' probation, among other penalties.

Now, Red says some of the emails Bravin copied had sensitive information about the company's technology, including the Epic camera. Some of the emails were from Red personnel including founder Jim Jannard, Red also alleges.

At the time of the hacking, Red was allegedly in confidential business discussions with Band Pro, discussing a potential joint venture. Arri employees -- including Chief Technology Officer Glenn Kennel and Vice President of Camera Products Bill Russell -- were aware Bravin was engaging in the hacking, Red says. Therefore, Arri is liable, according to Red.

"Red is informed and believes, and thereupon alleges, that Bravin saved or forwarded, either directly or verbally, the information obtained from the Band Pro emails to other Arri executives and employees," the suit says.

Additionally, Red alleges that Arri started a false advertising campaign leading up to the launch of the Alexa camera, and that Bravin -- using his real name and a pseudonym -- posted on a Red blog, RedUser.net, disparaging the company's products. Red says one of the Web-blog board's policies is that users do not use false names.

Red is seeking damages, disgorgement, restitution and injunctive relief. The company is seeking a jury trial.

"It was quite shocking to them, that the vice president of Arri would steal business emails for use at Arri," lawyer Gregory L. Weeks, who represents Red, told TheWrap.

A representative for Arri did not respond to TheWrap's request for comment.

Movies including "The Hobbit," "Prometheus" and "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" were shot with Red cameras.

"Hugo," "Pariah" and "New Year's Eve" were shot with Arri cameras.

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3 Free Guides to Nonprofit Communications Impact 2012 | Nonprofit ...

No matter what your holiday is (or isn?t), things do slow down this time of year ? which is a nice change from the increasingly hectic path most people?s lives seem to be taking. One of wonderful things I find about that ?white space,? is that it gives me time to vision, plan and dream. If I make sure to punctuate my year with enough of these spaces (still working on that), then I?m fueled and focused during those more hectic times.

Today I want to share with you three free Getting Attention guides published this year ? on messaging that resonates, marketing wisdom from your peers and books that can lift and energize you.

1) Nonprofit Tagline Database & Report ? Get inspired by 4,800+ nonprofit taglines and the guide to making yours great.

Learn how to craft messages that connect, and motivate your audiences to move your mission forward with the:

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2)The Nonprofit Marketing Wisdom Guide ? Use these 127 lessons learned to strengthen your org?s marketing impact!

Your peers share their wisdom on the marketing challenges you face daily, including:

? Keys to drafting email subject lines to motivate opens
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? Simple planning techniques to keep you moving towards your marketing goals
? How to incorporate the unexpected, and much more.

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3) The Book that Changed My Life: 129 book recommendations from nonprofit leaders around the world

When I asked nonprofit experts in a range of fields and functions?from public health to arms control, from fundraising to advocacy?to share the one book that has most influenced their professional lives, I had no idea what they?d say. I was thrilled to hear so many passionate stories about books that have made a huge difference in their lives. One of them could change yours!

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Source: http://gettingattention.org/2011/12/nonprofit-communications-guides/

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Controversial Vanity Fair Writer Christopher Hitchens Dies at 62 (omg!)

Controversial writer Christopher Hitchens, whose works slammed religion as well as such public figures as Mother Teresa and Henry Kissinger, has died, according to the Vanity Fair. He was 62.

Hitchens, who was a contributing editor to the magazine for nearly two decades, died of pneumonia at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston after a long battle with esophageal cancer.

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"Christopher Hitchens was a wit, a charmer, and a troublemaker, and to those who knew him well, he was a gift from, dare I say it, God," Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter wrote. "You'd be hard-pressed to find a writer who could match the volume of exquisitely crafted columns, essays, articles, and books he produced over the past four decades."

Born in Portsmouth, England, Hitchens studied at Oxford before writing for the left-wing magazine The New Statesman. He eventually moved to the U.S. and in the 1990s began appearing on cable television where he famously criticized then-president Bill Clinton. In 1992, he joined Vanity Fair, where he wrote controversial essays about such high-profile people as Michael Moore, Mel Gibson, George W. Bush and Mother Teresa. In a 2004 piece for Slate about Moore's documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, Hitchens wrote, "Fahrenheit 9/11 is a sinister exercise in moral frivolity, crudely disguised as an exercise in seriousness. It is also a spectacle of abject political cowardice masking itself as a demonstration of 'dissenting' bravery."

Hitchens also wrote many books, including the 2007 bestseller, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. The author published his final collection, Arguably, this past September.

Hitchens, who was married twice, is survived by his three children.

Watch a recent interview with Hitchens:

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Animal rights activists challenge 2006 federal law (AP)

BOSTON ? A group of animal rights activists sued the U.S. government Thursday to challenge the constitutionality of a rarely used law they say treats them like terrorists if they cause a loss in profits for businesses that use or sell animal products.

Five activists represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights filed the lawsuit in federal court in Boston, asking that the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act be struck down as unconstitutional because it has a chilling effect on lawful protest activities.

Staff attorney Rachel Meeropol said the 2006 law has left activists afraid to participate in public protests out of fear they will be prosecuted.

"There are many terms in the law that are not defined, and because of that protesters don't have notice that certain conduct is going to violate the statute and what conduct is protected by the First Amendment," Meeropol said.

"Some of my clients want to engage in simple public protests ? perhaps in front of a fur store ? to change public opinion about fur," she said. "But they feel restricted from engaging in that clearly lawful activity because under the plain language of the law, if that protest is successful in convincing consumers not to shop at that fur store, they could be charged as terrorists."

The law can be used to prosecute someone for damaging or interfering with the operations of an "animal enterprise" when a person "intentionally damages or causes the loss of any real or personal property used by an animal enterprise" or a business connected to an animal enterprise.

Meeropol said courts have interpreted "personal property" to include a loss of profits for the business.

The law also can be used to prosecute anyone who "intentionally places a person in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury" through threats, vandalism, harassment or intimidation.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is the only defendant named in the lawsuit. A Justice Department representative did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

The law has been rarely used since it was enacted in 2006, but Meeropol said the cases of those who have been prosecuted instilled fear among animal rights activists.

In 2009, four activists were charged for allegedly participating in threatening demonstrations at the homes of University of California scientists who did animal research. Prosecutors also alleged that the four created or distributed a flier listing the professors' home addresses and stating, "animal abusers everywhere beware we know where you live we know where you work we will never back down until you end your abuse." A judge eventually dismissed the charges.

Two other activists were indicted in Utah in 2009 for releasing hundreds of animals from a mink farm. Both pleaded guilty to animal enterprise terrorism and were sentenced to 21 months and 24 months in prison.

A Minnesota graduate student was sentenced to six months in prison for working with other activists in a 2006 raid on a farm where dozens of breeding ferrets were let loose. Scott Ryan DeMuth pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit animal enterprise terrorism under a deal with federal prosecutors in Iowa. Prosecutors said the raid contributed to the ferret farm's closure months later and destroyed the owner's livelihood.

Ryan Shapiro, a longtime animal rights activist from Cambridge who is one of the plaintiffs in the Boston lawsuit, said he no longer conducts undercover filmed investigations of animal treatment on factory farms because he is concerned about possible prosecution.

"One of the ways the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act silences free speech is that if one obtains that footage and then brings that footage to the public about how animals are suffering on factory farms, it might affect the profits of that farm," Shapiro said. "As a result, simply bringing that information to the public and trying to educate individuals is now prosecutable as a terrorist act under the law."

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New Hunger Games Poster: The World is Watching

Earlier today, 100 puzzle pieces were passed around the Internet, as various sites - including our friends at Movie Fanatic! - were selected to Tweet clues that would eventually come together and form the latest poster for The Hunger Games.

And here it is!

The mesmerizing image features Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss Everdeen, bow and arrow in hand, standing in the middle of the Capitol arena, surrounded by flags of herself and Josh Hutcherson's Peeta. Does anyone else have goosebumps?

And, seriously, for the 412th time, is it March 23 yet?!? Watch The Hunger Games trailer now and count down the days with us.

Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2011/12/new-hunger-games-poster-the-world-is-watching/

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Golden Globe nominations for TV comedy actress (AP)

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. ? The 69th annual Golden Globe nominations for best actress in a television comedy series have been announced in Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

The category's nominees announced Thursday morning include: Laura Dern, "Enlightenment"; Zooey Deschanel, "New Girl"; Tina Fey, "30 Rock"; Laura Linney, "The Big C"; Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation."

The Golden Globes will be presented Jan. 15 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, televised live by NBC and hosted by Ricky Gervais.

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Good Reads: A European bailout plan explained, and yoga lawsuits

Today's papers help make sense of the incomprehensible European debt crisis, and what European governments plan to do about it.

One of the biggest problems with the economic crisis that has beset the developed world over the past few years is that you have to be an expert to understand it, though you only have to have a pulse to feel its effects.

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If the house next door catches fire, we all know enough to call the fire department. Some of us will stand on the opposite side of the street and give unasked-for advice on where to point the fire hose. But when the entire financial systems of countries like Greece and Italy and Ireland simply stop functioning ? and when stronger European countries like Germany and France start scurrying around pointing fingers ? ?there is no smoke, no flames, no fire department, and no obvious solution. All we see are people in distress, displaced from their homes, kicked out of jobs, struggling to survive. Protesters can sit outside the New York Stock Exchange for hours and days, but it isn?t always clear what should be done to fix a problem that is seems too complex to be understood.

That, however, is why we have newspapers. While most of us go about our business, newspapers can send one or a dozen people, day after day, to study a subject, pester people with questions, wait around for answers, and write a story simple enough for those of us with a pulse to understand.

In the hands of a skilled and compassionate reporter, like The Washington Post?s Anthony Faiola, certain parts of the economic crisis can be explained in ways that a range of possible solutions become more clear. In today?s Post, Mr. Faiola writes about how a few of Europe?s stronger economies are coming up with a plan to rescue the common currency called the euro from complete collapse.

The euro, which links up strong economies like France and Germany with weaker economies like Greece, Portugal, Spain, and Italy, has been falling in value as it becomes clearer that certain eurozone member governments (side eye at Greece, Portugal, Spain, and Italy) have been spending more than they take in in tax revenues. Now, according to the Post?s Faiola, France and Germany plan to set up new rules that would force such nations to ?forfeit full independence over national budgets and potentially give their neighbors the right to slap penalties on big spenders.?

Cutting spending in the future certainly seems like an excellent idea. The house is well and truly engulfed in flames. Perhaps we should stop throwing gasoline onto it. But as Megan McArdle points out, the next step (turning on the fire hose and putting out the flames) isn?t as easy as it may sound. Some European economies are so deeply in debt that there simply isn?t enough money in the world to bail them out, she writes.

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