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chinese terracota warriors

I added some crosshatching and tint in Photoshop to give it a litte more depth. The photo reminds me of the scene in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life where she is captured and held in a cave and has a big fight with one of the baddies.

Japanese body-art

I think that the pictures are tastefully done, but are not safe for work. We are talking about body art, complete picture narratives, not just tattoos.

Warner Bros. Sells Films Via Guba.com

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Warner Bros. began selling its movies and TV shows over the Internet video site Guba.com Monday, marking the second deal the studio has made to distribute content over Web sites that have offered pirated video in the past.

Guba.com has featured mainly user-generated video clips for free or as part of a subscription, some of which were unauthorized clips from TV shows or movies.

The site has since agreed to start filtering copyright and obscene content and institute tougher security measures after talks with the Motion Picture Association of America, a group that represents Hollywood studios.

In May, Warner Bros. agreed to start selling its movies and shows using peer-to-peer technology developed by BitTorrent Inc., which has been used to trade pirated copies of movies.

Both deals are aimed at appealing to younger consumers who watch shows on computers or portable devices.

“Kids in the dorm rooms don’t own TVs,” said Tom McInerney, co-founder and chief executive of Guba. “They’ve got computers and that’s their source of entertainment.”

Guba is one of a growing number of Web sites that offer short videos contributed by users who record song parodies and other short video content. Such sites have become popular, but have not yet developed a business model to make money off of such videos.

McInerney said that ultimately people will only pay for top quality shows produced by professionals.

“Nobody is going to pay for a video of a dog doing a stupid pet trick,” he said.

I do over to Guba and I have to agree that you can only watch so many stupid animal or human tricks and it gets old. The problem with all the video sites, especially with longer videos is that the last I looked it up about 45% of net users are still on dial-up. That is quite a commitment in time to download a 500 to 800mb movie.

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