Ever since taking on Netflix Inc at its own game,old Hollywood has struggled to turn a profit in streaming,with the likes of Disneyt,Pealock and Paramount losing billions of dollars each year,sparking concerns that the services will never be as profitable as cable once was.But the age of streaming has been a boon for some unintended winners:pirates that use software to rip a film or television show in seconds from legitimate online video platforms and host the titles on their own,illegitimate services, which rake in about $2 billion annually from ads and subscriptions.
With no video production costs,illegal streaming sites have achieved profit margins approaching 90%,according to the Motion Picture Association (MPA),a trade group representing Hollywood studios that's working.to crack down on the thousands of illegal platforms that have cropped up in recent years.
Initially the rise of legitimate online businesses such as Netflix actually helped curb digital piracy,which had largely been based on file uploads.But now piracy involving illegal streaming services as well as file-sharing costs the US economy about $30 billion in lost revenue a years and some 250,000 jobs estimates the US Chamber of Commerce's Global Innovation Policy Center.The global impact is about $71 billion annually.
“The people who are stealing our movies and our television shows and operating piracy sites are not mom and pop operations,"says Charlie Rivkin,chief executive officer of the MPA."This is organized crime." Rivkin joined the MPA in 2017 after the organization failed five years earlier to build consensus between Hollywood and Silicon Valley to win passage of legislation in Congress aimed at stopping online piracy.In 2017 the association formed the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE).an enforcement task force of about 100 detectives circling the globe to help local authorities arrest streaming pirates.
ACE says it's helped shrink the number of illegal streaming services in North America to 126,from more than 1,400 in 2018,aided in part by the MPA's support for a 2020 federal law that made large-scale streaming of copyright material a serious crime.
Consulting firm Parks Associates predicts that legitimate US streaming services'cumulative loss from piracy since 2022 will reach$113 billion in the next two years."While there is some optimism that emerging, counter measures and best practices may see piracy begin to plateau by 2027,there is no consensus among stake holders as to when it may begin to decline,"says analyst Steve Hawley.
According to Paragraph 1,legitimate streaming services ______.
该题为细节题，问“合 法的流媒体服务怎么样了”。⽂中指出，好莱坞⼀直以来难以在流媒体⽅⾯ 获得利润，并担⼼流媒体服务将难以会像有线电视⼀样盈利 。随后，⽂中 指出⾮法流媒体违法获得视频资源，并⼤量盈利。由此可知， ⾮法流媒体 给合法流媒体服务造成了极⼤威胁，故答案为 D。
It can be learned that streamers like Netpix ______.
该题为细节题，问“可以了解到像 Netflix 之类的流媒体怎么样。”⽂中指出， “起初， 像 Netflix 之类的合法线上公司抑制了数字盗版， ⽽数字盗版绝⼤ 部分是以上传⽂件为基础的“，由此可知， Netflix 曾经打击过⾮法盗版， 故答案为 A。
It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that the MPA ______.
该题为细 节推断题，问“从第 4 段能推断出MPA 怎么了”。⽂中指出，MPA2012 年没 能够促成好莱坞和硅⾕达成共识， 以让国会通过阻⽌线上盗版的⽴法 。⽽ 2017 年， MPA 建⽴了ACE，⼀个执法⼯作组。由此可知， MPA 被敦促形 成执法⼯作组，故答案为 C。
According to Hawley,digital piracy: ______.
该题为细节题， 问“根据 Hawley， 数字盗版怎么样”。⽂中提到， Steve Hawley 说，“尽管⼀些乐观的声⾳认为， 数字盗版可能会在 2027 年处于停滞状态， 但是，关于盗版到底何时开始下降，还未达成共识”。由此可知，短期内，数字盗版现象不太可能下降，故答案为 C。
Which of the following is emphasized in the text?
该题为主 旨题， 问“⽂章强调了以下哪⼀点”。⽂章开篇指出⾮法流媒体获取⼤额利 润， 给美国经济收⼊带来巨⼤损失， 减少了⼈们的⼯作机会； 随后之后， 数字盗版是有组织的犯罪；最后预测，⾮法流媒体服务从 2022 年带来的累 计损失，在接下来的两年会达到 1130 亿美元。综上可知，⽂章强调的是⾮ 法的流媒体服务所带来的经济伤害，故答案选 D。