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p2pnet.net News:- You thought the Big Seven movie studios’ MPAA couldn’t sink any lower?
Think again.
Now they’re spying on you in downtown Los Angeles.
The Motion Picture Association of America has coughed up $186,000 for 10 pole-mounted cameras so the LAPD can monitor movie piracy activity in the Fashion District on behalf of the MPAA.
“The surveillance system is equipped with video capabilities and intelligent software, which identifies human movement,” says the MPAA proudly.
“Officers monitoring from Central Police Station can direct officers to suspicious activity.”
It doesn’t say if business owners will get hefty tax deductions because of the MPAA’s use of taxpayer-funded police in the district, or if the LAPD plans to bolster is already hard-pressed manpower resources so it can look after the studios’ interests.
“The MPAA is delighted to assist the fine and dedicated efforts of Los Angeles law enforcement officials in catching people selling illegal DVDs,” said MPAA mouthpiece John G. Malcolm.
“It is our pleasure to assist them with these cameras which will help them lift a rock and shine a light on rampant counterfeiting of DVDs which used to take place in the dark shadows.”
Lift a rock and shine a light? Yes. He really said that.
In the meanwhile, what will the Hollywood pseudo police agency do with all the pictures it collects?
Don’t ask.
(Revised 8:39 am, PST)
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June 1st, 2005 at 3:52 pm
now that is a tad creepy…
June 1st, 2005 at 7:12 pm
Hasn’t it crossed their mind that maybe people sell knockoff DVD’s INSIDE? Even if there were no spycameras, nobody’s stupid enough to sell their warez outside with cops everywhere. Anyway, why the hell are they using this new technology for THIS (of all things) instead of catching the real criminals? I laugh everytime I hear the MPAA or RIAA’s new scheme, because they end up pissing away even more money then they earn from people who are scared or guilt-tripped into buying their stuff.
June 1st, 2005 at 7:25 pm
And no one in that area has a major problem with this?? Come on people… protest protest protest! >.>
June 1st, 2005 at 8:29 pm
If you have to spend you money on slave made goods, then use the money to help liberate people. Cameras like these deserve to record nothing but red light from a laser pointer.
Failing that, a nice BB in the lense of the camera may also do the trick.
What about ink from a syringe? If enough cameras get disabled, then maybe the gestapo will quit using them.
June 1st, 2005 at 9:00 pm
Better make sure it’s the MPAA’s cameras and not the LAPD’s cameras. Either way, I’m sure it’s a felony.
June 1st, 2005 at 11:42 pm
Hahaha, sometimes I think that the MPAA aren’t as dumb as the p2pnet spin tells me…then there’s things like this…What retards…
June 2nd, 2005 at 5:00 am
Spin? p2pnet?
heh
June 2nd, 2005 at 8:04 am
LOL! all we have to do is find out a place that we can tape a laser pointer down, that will point right into the lens!
Their so small, it would be hard to find it! lol
Course, I like the BB gun idea a lot too!
June 2nd, 2005 at 2:14 pm
Of course it’s a felony. Everything’s a felony. Anything people do to effectively stand up for their rights is a felony. If the govenrment wants to put someone in prison over this, then they have to feed that person and provide for their medical needs. This will cost the governments even more money. Either way, governemtns lose!!!
June 3rd, 2005 at 11:11 am
What’s all this fuss I hear about pirates in downtown Los Angeles?
I’ve walked around downtown Los Angeles many times and I’ve never seen any pirates. I haven’t seen anyone with a peg leg or with a parrot sitting on their shoulder. Sure, I’ve seen men with one gold earring, but most of them live in West Hollywood, not on a Pirate ship! Besides, how does the pirate ship get near downtown anyhow? It’s not near the water! You think the Coast Guard would notice or the CHP would notice a pirate ship on the 110. You don’t even see pretend pirates from the studios doing errands at lunch time because they don’t even make pirate movies any more.
So they are going to put up cameras to catch the pirates who aren’t there? This sounds just so silly and dumb. It’s almost like……
Oooooh, wait, maybe that’s it! The cameras are there to make a new pirate movie, only it’s a secret, so people won’t act all goofy and silly like they do when a TV news crew is around. Okay, I’ll be quiet now.
Never mind……..
Elmer Litella