New Harry Potter online
p2p news / p2pnet: Not surprisingly, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is already firmly entrenched on the p2p networks. But it doesn’t seem to be doing it any harm in terms of cinema attendances or bottom lines.
“Intense efforts by 20th Century Fox to prevent bootleggers from camcording Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire appeared to pay off over the weekend, with no credible accounts of online availability of the film being reported,” says IMDb.
Quoted by Dewayne Hendricks on interesting-people.org, “According to numerous reports, Fox distributed thousands of night-vision goggles to theater staffs throughout the world and promised rewards to any employee catching a moviegoer in the act of camcording the movie,” states the story.
“No one was nabbed. (A British report circulated on several websites over the weekend claiming that the film had made it onto the Internet even before it had been released in theaters. The report, which was dismissed by the mainstream press, quoted an unnamed source as saying that money derived from sales of the pirated DVDs “help to fund organized crime like drugs and prostitution.”)
p2pnet can not-exclusively reveal the unnamed source was none other that the MPAA ; p
Meanwhile, “[Note: I thought that I'd check this story out to see what was true about it," says Hendricks.
"It seems that no copy of the film made it to the Darknet before it opened on Friday. However, a camcorded copy did appear Friday night. This copy was quickly tagged as being poor in quality, even though it clocked it at 2.3 GB in size. A fairly high quality copy from a group known as 'Maven' appeared early Sunday morning and was 1.2 GB in size. So it would appear that Fox wasn't as successful as it thought. The Internet piracy arms race continues. DLH]“
It do indeed and meanwhile, notwithstanding, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is doing well …..
“Harry Potter movie, The Goblet of Fire, was hot,” says IMDb.
“Setting a record for a fall/winter release, the movie grossed an estimated $101.4 million over the weekend, which would make it the fourth biggest three-day gross in history.”
Tired of being treated like a criminal? They depend on you, not the other way around. Don’t buy their ‘product’. Do bug your local political representatives. Use emails, snail-mail, phone calls, faxes, IM, stop them in the street, blog. And if you’re into organizing, organize petitions, organize demonstrations and then turn up on your local political rep’s doorstep, making sure you’ve contacted your local tv/radio station/newspaper in advance.
Also read:-
interesting-people.org – [IP] Fox Thwarts Potter Internet Piracy, November 21, 2005
not-exclusively – CD ‘pirates’ are drug pushers, November 16, 2005
November 22nd, 2005 at 4:47 pm
why doesn’t this series of events ever dawn on people:
1) I wanted to see “Jarhead,” but realized there were so many other movies I wanted to see in theaters that I would never get to it, so..
2) I downloaded a bad cam copy of it, watched it and loved it
3) Now, when it comes out on DVD, I will spend $20 on that movie which I only saw because I downloaded it and otherwise would not have spent $10 on in the first place
Idiots.
November 22nd, 2005 at 5:12 pm
Because the MPAA cannot be seen to be giving ‘movie pirates’ an inch, simple as that. They have to show their shareholders they’re doing everything in their power to protect their investment. Of course the fact still remains they make an absolute shedload of money from these films despite all the camcordering. It would be nice to see some stats on exactly how much piracy is affecting the movie business now that CAM movie files have been with us for a number of years.
November 22nd, 2005 at 10:13 pm
Sorry be cynical (well, not really) but it’s my understanding that drugs and prostitution are the activities used as a source of funds for criminal gangs – not a drain on resources as the British “report” insinuates.
“Hey man, can you spare me a couple o’ bucks? I’ve got a crack house full of hookers to support and 25 kgs of heroin to import…”
The MPAA must be smoking something pretty heavy to loose track of reality like that.
November 22nd, 2005 at 11:11 pm
the MPAA and RIAA are under the impression that they create reality all the time.
November 23rd, 2005 at 1:29 am
Netfliz my friend. Netflix. Save your money for petrol!
November 23rd, 2005 at 4:01 am
hmm.. maven has done the best theater release cams for years… I guess the roundup didn’t make it that far.
November 23rd, 2005 at 7:11 am
I don’t know what they been smoking but I’ve seen it out there. Funny thing is, I have absolutely no interest in downloading it, even though I have had the oppurtunity to do so. You see, I am not a Potter fan. Never have been. In case the MPAA missed the clue, I won’t be spending to go see it at the theater either. Nor will I be renting it, nor in any other way viewing it. They have no fear of me pirating Potter.