This is a test I have been given time and time again. The infamous Five minute test.
Archive for February, 2010
Five Minute Test
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010Valentine’s Day Movie
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010Review
Valentine’s Day’s shameless commercialism continues with its yearly visits of absurdity. One day in the year gets dedicated to that special someone you love. This year, however, it has also brought a star studded romantic comedy by the same name.
The movie follows a flimsy plotline and tries to squeeze in as much star power as it can without actually using any of it. It feels as if a movie exec decided to jump on the Valentine’s Day band wagon and cash in on another day when people blindly spend money they don’t have.
There are a few small laughs provided by a ditsy Taylor Swift, a raunchy Anne Hathaway along with the ever poised Julia Roberts but never takes it further.
Although the love fest will be pelted by critics everywhere it will make the perfect date movie for Valentine’s Day. Most of the audience will be too absorbed in their lover’s eyes to notice that they’ve paid to watch countless clichés rolled into two hours of dull film.
Top 10 annoying fb status trends
Monday, February 8th, 2010
- Undying love declarations to their better halves
- Suicidal statements
- Comments on the weather
- Song Lyrics
- Sport reports, and ingenious opinions on the game
- Consistent counting down to the weekend
- Ten page essays on their dull day
- A mIx BeTwEeN UPPERCASE aNd lowercase tExT
- Shrtend wrds
- Bad spelling
Nu Metro wins case against Mr Video
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Johannesburg, 02 February 2010: – In late September 2009, the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Nu Metro Filmed Entertainment (Pty) Ltd and a number of international film studios, dismissing an appeal brought by Mr Video and certain of its franchisees, in a landmark ruling on the rights of copyright holders in South Africa in DVD films.
The Supreme Court of Appeal’s ruling was the outcome of interdict proceedings brought by Nu Metro and the various Hollywood studios against Mr Video, which commenced in May 2008. Nu Metro had discovered that certain of the Mr Video franchisees were renting out Zone 1 DVDs of films in which Nu Metro is the exclusive licensee in South Africa, without Nu Metro’s, or the relevant studio’s, consent.
Zone 1 DVDs are distributed in the USA and Canada and were being sourced by various Mr Video outlets from retailers in these territories. The disclaimer on these DVDs clearly states that the purchaser of these DVDs was not entitled to rent and/or distribute these DVDs outside of the territory. Accordingly, the Zone 1 titles being made available by Mr Video outlets were not authorised for renting out to the public in South Africa.
In June 2008, the Cape High Court granted interdicts in favour of Universal Studios and Nu Metro and various studios in which Mr Video was restrained from hiring or renting, directly or indirectly, copies (other than legitimate Zone 2 copies obtained through authorised distributors) of films in which Nu Metro or any of the studios are the copyright or the exclusive licensee of the copyright in South Africa.
The Mr Video group appealed certain aspects of the Cape High Court order to the Supreme Court of Appeal. The appeal was dismissed in its entirety.
”Nu Metro is satisfied with the outcome and the absolute validation of Nu Metro as the exclusive licensee for the represented rights in SA” says Fay Amaral, Managing Director of Nu Metro.
The Supreme Court of Appeal’s ruling signifies a major victory for Nu Metro and the Hollywood studios, in terms of which Nu Metro’s rights as copyright holder have been confirmed by South Africa’s highest court.
Importantly, the judgment sends a strong message to other DVD rental outlets that contraventions of the copyright legislation will not be tolerated and the distributors’ rights will be enforced.
