Twentieth Century Fux Oz anti-piracy plan
p2pnet news view MPAA | Movies:- If you’re a girl living in Australia and you spot a suspicious looking character creeping around in the undergrowth outside your bedroom window at night, it could be an MPAA employee experimenting with the association’s latest high-tech antipiracy gear.
And if and you go to the movies, just sit dead still and don’t — DON’T — hold your popcorn up to your face.
Someone might mistake it for a camcorder.
Yes! OMMAs (Oz Movie Marauders) are on their way!.
It isn’t news that Hollydud and its various general factotums such AFART (sorry, AFACT), aka Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, are on the prowl.
Recently, Warner Bros paid the bill for a UK Fact Farce in which movie industry minions briefed gullible industry insiders on alleged Fact and Warner Bros anti-pirate activities.
Now, in Australia, it’s the turn of Twentieth Century Fux.
“Security guards equipped with night-vision goggles will patrol screenings of Australia to protect the film against internet and video pirates,” says the Herald Sun.
Sadly, it doesn’t say which film is being protected, but whatever it may be, the first two days are the most important, the story has the company’s Australian employee Marcos Oliveira stating earnestly.
That’s because ‘It’ is opening (or has already opened 
) in Australia, the US and Canada on the same day and Oliveira sternly warned would-be camcorder enthusiasts.
- Security and regular cinema staff have been trained to detect attempts to illegally record Australia .
- Cinema staff have been offered $200 rewards for detecting illegal recordings.
- Police will be called to arrest anyone spotted making illegal recordings.
- Prosecutions would be pursued.
“We are sending security guards equipped with night-vision goggles for the first two days to the 100 most important cinemas in Australia,” Oliveira said, and, “Goggles will be given to staff at another 200 cinemas for the first week of screenings, from next Wednesday.”
“On Sept. 1, former agriculture secretary Dan Glickman (right) takes over Jack Valenti’s job at the MPAA,” noted a post on Findarticles in 2004.
“It’s a long way from defending frankenfoods to jailing pirates, especially when you’re following in the grand wake of Valenti,”" it said, adding, Some things Glickman might need:
“1. Canary yellow shirt and black tie: Lose the beer bottle tie in favor of Valenti’s camera-ready Italian stallion wardrobe.
“2. Night-vision goggles: Useful during surprise theater inspections, as well as for after-hours parties in the hills.”
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Herald Sun – Hi-tech crackdown on film piracy, November 21, 2008
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November 24th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
huh? you said
‘Sadly, it dosent say which film is being protected’ its Australia
November 24th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
$200 rewards! And, you get to send your friends and neighbors to court and possibly prison! For camming a movie…
November 24th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Camcorder films are just s**t, these retards are just looking in the wrong places.
November 24th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
How much did Crystal Skulls lose at the Box Office ?
What ? The broke BO records ???
How much did Twighlight lose ??
WOW they made THAT much ? and even with lukewarm reviews ??
What are the number 1 movie downloads right now, I wonder ?
So .. where’s the loss ?
No one in the industry is willing to answer that question.
The same question applies to CD sales as well.