HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 12, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- AdZone Research, Inc. (OTCBB:ADZR) today unveiled a new service, trademarked Inter-Cept(tm), designed to combat feature film piracy in the motion picture industry.
Dan Wasserman, currently AdZone's executive vice president and managing director of global defense, expands his duties and title to oversee the company's anti-piracy efforts.
"Recently passed federal legislation seeking to strengthen anti-piracy laws underscores the efforts currently underway by the film industry and elected officials," said John A. Cardona, president & COO of AdZone. "Dan Wasserman is based in D.C., and is no stranger to Hollywood through his past efforts. He understands both worlds."
Inter-Cept is the latest development by AdZone Research, whose core business is the deployment of Internet surveillance technology. This new service uses that technology in an application designed to detect and interdict film piracy on a global level. The unique aspect of this Internet technology is that it is borderless, and is capable of detection in virtually any language.
"Out of our discussions with film studios, producers, intellectual property attorneys and filmmakers, we discovered everyone understands the problem exists with illegal downloading of product," Cardona noted. "The film industry has seen the effect on the music industry. These downloads cheat the creative and business community out of millions of dollars in revenue. It hurts all phases of distribution, from theatrical release to DVD sales. After months of discussion with industry executives, we believe we have come up with a solution to the problem with Inter-Cept."
"Our Inter-Cept program will assist the motion picture industry in its efforts to identify and shut down illegal web sites which today are operating in the marketplace," said Wasserman. "These sites look authentic, but are actually fronts for criminals, illegally offering first run feature films simultaneously with their theatrical bookings.
"Inter-Cept can help to stop the staggering losses shared by the studios and filmmakers alike. The problem's also a consumer issue," Wasserman noted, pointing out, "consumers may be at risk with their credit card information being processed by these sites."
"We expect Inter-Cept to become an important service AdZone provides to an industry which exports one of America's most recognized product---Hollywood movies," said Cardona.
About AdZone Research:
AdZone Research specializes in automated retrieval, classification, analysis and delivery of worldwide Internet data for global defense, digital piracy and media metrics. Through surveillance of more than one half million Web sites worldwide, AdZone provides tracking and monitoring of targeted information on the Internet, with an expanded focus on global Internet analysis of security-related data transmissions and digital. See: www.adzoneresearch.com .
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