Officials Detail Ease Of Online Content Theft

As copyright and trademark owners continue to make their case for stronger laws to go after online pirates and counterfeiters, a top executive with Paramount Pictures detailed how easy it is for users to find and stream movies and other content online.

With four clicks, Paramount's chief operating officer Frederick Huntsberry pulled up a new movie and began streaming it at a symposium on online intellectual property theft hosted by the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center. Huntsberry was detailing the growth of "cyber lockers," where pirated movies, music and other content are stored and shared. He said not only do these sites offer recent releases, but they make profits by offering subscriptions or through advertisements.