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		<title>URGENT: 2 weeks to Grandfather Your Section-181-Benefit</title>
		<link>http://filmclosings.com/2011/12/urgent-2-weeks-to-grandfather-your-section-181-benefit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Steele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are fast approaching the end of the year and that means you have two weeks left to grandfather your Section-181 benefit. ]]></description>
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		<title>US House Passes Important Crowdfunding Legislation</title>
		<link>http://filmclosings.com/2011/12/us-house-passes-hr-2930-crowdfunding-legislation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Steele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. House overwhelmingly passed its first significant crowdfunding legislation, allowing entrepreneurs to crowdsource up to $2 million per year.]]></description>
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		<title>AFM Currency Update</title>
		<link>http://filmclosings.com/2011/11/afm-currency-update-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Steele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great news for the first day of the American Film Market: the GBP and the Euro are both trading high against the USD, which is elevating the AUS as well. This should stimulate early film buying.]]></description>
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		<title>AFM Sees Currency Gains</title>
		<link>http://filmclosings.com/2011/10/afm-currencies-swing-our-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Steele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good news for AFM! Foreign buyers are coming to the market with increased buying-power thanks to major rebounding from Euro, Yen, Canadian &#038; Australian dollars.]]></description>
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		<title>Grandfather Your Section-181 Benefit Now</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Steele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Section §181 expires at the end of 2011. If you grandfather it correctly, then your film or series (up to 44 episodes!) will remain eligible for the benefits indefinitely.]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent</title>
		<link>http://filmclosings.com/2011/10/top-10-most-pirated-movies-on-bittorrent_101711/</link>
		<comments>http://filmclosings.com/2011/10/top-10-most-pirated-movies-on-bittorrent_101711/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 01:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Steele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pirated Blu-Ray/DVD&#8217;s for Captain America: The First Avenger, Cars 2, Kung Fu Panda 2, and Crazy Stupid Love all entered the illicit Top 10 this week &#8212; as did Theatrical Screeners of Real Steel. It&#8217;s a testament to Real Steel&#8217;s marketing and positive word-of-mouth that a Theatrical Screener (TS) copy would be propelled into the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent</title>
		<link>http://filmclosings.com/2011/10/top-10-most-pirated-movies-on-bittorrent_100911/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Steele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Transformers 3 continues to top the chart for the second consecutive week, while Mr. Popper's Penguins and Screwed both make their debuts.]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer Laundering &#8211; Piracy&#8217;s Silver Lining Unfolds</title>
		<link>http://filmclosings.com/2011/10/consumer-laundering-piracys-silver-lining-unfolds/</link>
		<comments>http://filmclosings.com/2011/10/consumer-laundering-piracys-silver-lining-unfolds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Steele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Operators of online piracy websites should take note, they're sitting on the next media gold rush: Consumer Laundering, or, Scrubbing Your Subscribers.]]></description>
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		<title>Union Busting 101</title>
		<link>http://filmclosings.com/2011/09/union-busting-101/</link>
		<comments>http://filmclosings.com/2011/09/union-busting-101/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Steele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 3 biggest obstacles to getting a movie made are unions, agents and producers. They're self-serving, only say "no", and care most about their credit.]]></description>
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		<title>Currency Woes &#8211; Why the Weak Dollar Is Helping and Hurting Hollywood</title>
		<link>http://filmclosings.com/2011/08/currency-woes-why-the-weak-dollar-is-helping-and-hurting-hollywood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 05:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Steele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A week dollar is great for US producers looking to secure foreign pre-sale contracts, but it can also work against US producers looking to shoot abroad.]]></description>
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