MPAA ‘How to camcord a movie’ video
p2pnet news view | P2P | Movies:- India is the latest country to feel the hot and fetid breath of Hollywood’s MPAA on its neck.
Figuratively speaking, of course.
What with all those Hollywood insiders leaking screeners and work prints onto the net, and the various corporate movie industry citations for issuing statistics which more properly belong in the realm of science fiction than as evidence of copyright transgressions, the MPAA (Motionless Picture Association of America) is increasingly suffering from serious credibility problems.
But that doesn’t stop outgoing (in the sense he’ll soon be gone) MPAA boss Dan ‘The Joker’ Glickman from telling credulous media, “A major initiative to stop camcord piracy, the chief source of Indian film piracy, was jointly launched yesterday …”
With more day and date releases in India of Hollywood titles, “the number of camcords coming out of the country is likely to rise,” said Dan Glickman. “However, while piracy — particularly camcorder source piracy — is damaging to the movie business, it need not be inevitable,” he says in an MPAA puff piece.
“We are sure that the ‘Make A Difference’ training packag for cinema staff will go a long way in helping them prevent camcording, identify camcorder as well as assist enforcement authorities when they are caught making these recordings.”
Handy How-To video
Make A Difference training package? What can this be?
First, there are easy-to-follow instructions headed up, What to do when you discover a patron illegally recording a movie in the cinema, to wit »»»
- Advise your sin manager and security immediately.
- The cinema manager should call the local police immediately and request their assistance.
- Do not had any contact with the suspect – wait for the police to arrive, explain what you have observed to police and let the police contact the suspect.
- If a police officer has not arrived within 20 minutes of the end of the movie, cinema management and/or security should STOP or interfere with the recording by standing in front of the recording device. NEVER touch the suspect or grab the recording device.
- Cinema management or security should politely but firmly informed the suspect that what they are doing is illegal and ask the person to accompany them and leave the auditorium.
- Get the suspects [sic] name and address and asked to see some identification. Write down these details as well as a good physical description of the suspect.
- Asked the suspect to hand over the recording device and the actual recording.
- NEVER put yourself or your patrons at risk and NEVER use physical force to stop the activity or detain the suspect.
- Report all illegal recording incidents to your local movie anti-piracy organisation within 24 hours so that they can take appropriate steps to assist local police and pursue the suspect.
That adequately takes care of staff. But what about patrons?
No worries. Visitors to the site will find the MPAA’s handy Around the World in 48 Hours - How to Camcord a Movie video in glorious colour.
It much the same way Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music’s RIAA told the world about MP3 music downloads, the MPAA short gives crystal clear instructions on the most effective way to camcord a movie with a cellphone.
No need to stay tuned.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win ~ Mahatma Gandhi
soon be gone – MPAA boss Glickman’s new job, July 7, 2009
puff piece – MPAA chief Dan Glickman launches anti camcord initiative in India, September 8, 2009
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September 8th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
It’s infuriating how they refer to people as criminals and as these as ‘criminal’ acts. Since when was camcording explicitly illegal? (Note: since I don’t know, I’m inviting anyone who isn’t a corporate whore to give me a concise answer)
September 8th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
“t’s infuriating how they refer to people as criminals and as these as ‘criminal’ acts. Since when was camcording explicitly illegal? (Note: since I don’t know, I’m inviting anyone who isn’t a corporate whore to give me a concise answer)”
In the US, it’s been illegal since April 27, 2005, when the “Family Entertainment and Copyright Act” was signed into law.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Entertainment_and_Copyright_Act
September 8th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
What a propagnda stuff! A movie cannot be stolen, it’s not like a car or an apple, it’s copied. Anyway, if you’d like to download their movie instead of just watching it online, here it is: http://www.make-a-difference.sg/video/piracy-trailer-western/piracy-trailer-western.flv
September 8th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Top RW: Yeah, but I live in Canadaland, and I apologize in advanced if I offend you by calling your lawmakers a bunch of shills anyways.
September 8th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Do these shitheads seriously think the biggest threat to their business is a guy recording movies with A FUCKING CELLPHONE??????!!!!!!
It’s not, by the way. If you want people to pay for your services, than release decent quality, gimmick-free films that are actually worth the price of admission, and stop treating your paying customers as criminals.
And since when are cinema employees responsible for covering the industry’s ass? I used to work at Cineplex, and even my supervisor admitted to “illegally” downloading movies for personal enjoyment.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:12 am
CAMs are shite anyway
September 10th, 2009 at 9:54 am
I dunno who’s more stupid: The industry, thinking that cams are a threat to their business, or consumers who purchase bootlegged copies, knowing they could find a higher quality version online for free anyway.
September 10th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
sin manager?