Spiderman beats Canadian pirates!
p2pnet.net news:- Spiderman 3 has been saved from the evil depredations of those wicked Montréal-based camcording pirates who are relentlessly ravaging the hard-pressed movie industry.
YES !!! Thanks to “strategic leadership and assistance from the MPAA and Sony, movie theatre employees and patrons around the world fought back successfully against illegal camcording of Spider-Man 3,” says John Fithian, president and ceo of NATO.
(Not that NATO! The important NATO, the National Association of Theatre Owners.)
“Future thieves beware,” warns Fithian, “we will find you; we will stop you; and we will have you arrested.”
Sends icy shivers down your spine, don’t it? But sometimes, “even superheroes need a little help fighting the bad guys,” declares Dan Glickman, the man who runs Hollywood’s MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America).
He goes on:
We are taking all necessary steps to catch film thieves in the act and we are grateful to the theater managers, security guards, projectionists and even movie patrons themselves, who alerted law enforcement. Their willingness to speak up helped give Spider-Man 3 a fair shot at its record-setting opening.
These cases demonstrate the determination of film thieves to get their hands on major films, and serve as a reminder as audiences gear-up for some of the most anticipated movies of the year, that every screen is a point of vulnerability. We will continue to work closely with the studios, theater owners and distributors on appropriate security measures, and appreciate the continued vigilance of moviegoers in helping to protect these films.
Let’s hear it for Dan le Man !
But wait! Something’s terribly wrong!
Trumpets the MPAA:
Specifically, since the world premiere of Spider-Man 3 on April 16 in Tokyo, movie thieves were prevented from stealing the film from 22 theaters in Argentina, Germany, Malaysia, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. Since the U.S. premiere on May 4, camcorders were caught-in-the-act in nine U.S. movie theaters in California, Florida, Indiana, New York and Texas.
Argentina? Germany? Malaysia?
“Camcorders are at the top of the piracy pyramid, supplying more than 90% of newly released movies that illegally end up on the Internet and in street markets around the world,” screams the MPAA. “These recordings often appear online within days of a filmââ¬â¢s theatrical release, triggering an avalanche of illegal downloads that can significantly impact a filmââ¬â¢s performance at the box office.”
And according to Dan, John, Time Warner, Viacom, Fox, Sony, NBC Universal and Disney, Canada is the world leader in camcording!
For the past few weeks, there’s been one hysterical Hollywood inspired report after another claiming anything between 20 and 70% (according to Warner) of illegal movies are filmed by crooks doing their thing in Canadian cinemas, particularly in Montréal, Quebec.
Even Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper has, “all but agreed to Hollywood’s contention that Canada is responsible for the vast majority of illegal camcorded copies of movies which show up on the p2p networks and street corners around the world”.
So how come Canada isn’t heading up the list of countries where “movie thieves were prevented from stealing” Spider-Man 3?
Inquiring minds demand to know!
JN
Also See:
NATO – MOVIE THIEVES TANGLED IN SPIDER-MANââ¬â¢S WEB, May 18, 2007
Hollywood inspired – Hollywood’s war on Canada, May 4, 2007
according to Warner – Hollywood ‘Pirate Canada’ claims, May 9, 2007
Canada is responsible – Canada caves in to Hollywood, May 11, 2007
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