Cross-field to two Eastern Europe and South Asia, Georgia Hit World headlines recently for its conflict with South Ossetia and ultimately the Russian Federation. Instead of scenes of war dominated the visual media, 2008 would be a year of celebration for the film industry in Georgia. Before the war, he was marking 100 years of cinema in the country.
In Georgia struggles to return to some kind of normalcy, life goes on for businesses in the region, including the film industry. However, the Georgian cinema still has some unique challenges. According to one report, together with other places, two of the most popular download sites Geogian film gol.ge avoe.ge and are able to operate freely. Unlike the United States, Europe and many other places in the world, there are no laws in Georgia for unofficial websites of the film.
This lack of legislation means that the film industry faces the issue in ways that differ from those of the United States and its European counterparts. In moves that appear largely unknown to most readers, the film industry in Georgia is trying its best to friendly sites with unauthorized downloading in terms of agreements with them.
Gvaxaria Devi, Head of Marketing at Rustaveli Cinema told the Financial they are in a unique situation in Georgia. “We are pleased that we have good relations with key movie sites in the Caucasus online, our request not to make films on the Internet at the same time as the first screenings in theaters,” he said, adding “But these are only some of them, there are several places, composed of our control.”
Gvaxaria notes that most of the unofficial sites get their films from other international hacker sites, but the language barrier, because most Georgians prefer their own “Kartuli.” Of course, these technical limitations prove minor stumbling blocks for resources.
“Several times, hackers have rewritten the verbal part of a film from our film,” says Gvaxaria. “It sends a voice in their pockets before entering the film, which is impossible for us to stop . We can not everyone in our cinema. “Obviously, Mr. Gvaxaria was not a great American film in a theater recently.
Natia Meparishvili, PR and marketing film Amiran believes that the best protection against piracy is a tradition among the people go to movies. However, it appears that negotiate with suppliers not allowed to keep the brand new films from their websites for some time the theater gives a little space to make enough profit during the opening weeks.
Negotiations with the pirates is something that we have before, but it seems unlikely that the U.S. film companies, these lead. Indeed, this interesting situation in Georgia is likely to change, as the article notes that the film business is change “their friendly relations” with the unofficial sites and change the debate around “the language of justice.”
It appears that Georgia is still in a state of the Western mind, in many respects.