Comments on: MPAA boosts NY jail bill http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7246 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7246/comment-page-1#comment-26088 Reader's Write Fri, 09 Dec 2005 23:00:57 +0000 #comment-26088 U.S. Prisons tend to be over crowded. No doubt in order to make room for the theater camcorder people they will let out some murderers and rapists. Another crap law bought and paid for by the entertainment industry. U.S. Prisons tend to be over crowded. No doubt in order to make room for the theater camcorder people they will let out some murderers and rapists. Another crap law bought and paid for by the entertainment industry.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7246/comment-page-1#comment-26001 Reader's Write Thu, 08 Dec 2005 20:44:24 +0000 #comment-26001 I recently borrowed a latest model video camera that supposedly is semi-pro, not the of the quality that the rich consumers buy. The USA price of the camera was about $1500. I wanted to video my experiences with the court system in case something happens to me. The quality of recorded live video is nowhere the quality of a dvd movie. Without excellent lighting, the video quality was terrible, very noisy. The sound quality was up to par to a $10 microphone, not good at all, at AM radio level with a lot of background noise. Well, what can you expect from a built in cheap microphone? What I cannot understand is why the motion picture industry and the police is concerned about the use of camcorders in movie theaters, when whatever quality is obtained makes the video worthless. It cannot be to stop the sales of pirate copies. These can be made from ordinary DVDs. Then there must be a catch somewhere and I can only guess what it is. These are my possible guesses Some are really crazy. A. To show that legislators are the boss and can do whatever they fancy. B. To show that piracy will not be tolerated in any manner and form. After all cassettes were tolerated, all the judges used them and look what has happened. C. The movie industry has been infiltrated by the enemy, for example, the television industry or the DVD pirate industry or the sports industry. By acting crazy the movie industry shoots itself in the foot. A kid in jail may cost the industry the loss of a million moviegoers who will turn to other forms of entertainment. D. The lawyers want more and easier cases. Because a moviegoer with a camera in hand is easier prey than a p2p sharer or CD copier that works in the privacy of the home. E. Legislators want to end all copyright laws. One way is to write laws that discredit and ridicules the idea of copyrights. After all copyright laws are eliminated and copyright become a thing of the past, the legislators can no longer be hounded by the lobbies to get changes squeezed in. F. The jail bond business needs a booster. This is it. G. The American legal system has gone berserk. While this is not new, the level is higher. Maybe it is all of the above. Rafael Venegas http://www.gvenegas.com I recently borrowed a latest model video camera that supposedly is semi-pro, not the of the quality that the rich consumers buy. The USA price of the camera was about $1500. I wanted to video my experiences with the court system in case something happens to me.

The quality of recorded live video is nowhere the quality of a dvd movie. Without excellent lighting, the video quality was terrible, very noisy.

The sound quality was up to par to a $10 microphone, not good at all, at AM radio level with a lot of background noise. Well, what can you expect from a built in cheap microphone?

What I cannot understand is why the motion picture industry and the police is concerned about the use of camcorders in movie theaters, when whatever quality is obtained makes the video worthless. It cannot be to stop the sales of pirate copies. These can be made from ordinary DVDs.

Then there must be a catch somewhere and I can only guess what it is. These are my possible guesses Some are really crazy.

A. To show that legislators are the boss and can do whatever they fancy.

B. To show that piracy will not be tolerated in any manner and form. After all cassettes were tolerated, all the judges used them and look what has happened.

C. The movie industry has been infiltrated by the enemy, for example, the television industry or the DVD pirate industry or the sports industry. By acting crazy the movie industry shoots itself in the foot. A kid in jail may cost the industry the loss of a million moviegoers who will turn to other forms of entertainment.

D. The lawyers want more and easier cases. Because a moviegoer with a camera in hand is easier prey than a p2p sharer or CD copier that works in the privacy of the home.

E. Legislators want to end all copyright laws. One way is to write laws that discredit and ridicules the idea of copyrights. After all copyright laws are eliminated and copyright become a thing of the past, the legislators can no longer be hounded by the lobbies to get changes squeezed in.

F. The jail bond business needs a booster. This is it.

G. The American legal system has gone berserk. While this is not new, the level is higher.

Maybe it is all of the above.

Rafael Venegas
http://www.gvenegas.com

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7246/comment-page-1#comment-25983 Reader's Write Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:04:39 +0000 #comment-25983 Uh, isn't there a federal law against camming now? Why is it necessary to now have 50 separate state laws on the same issue? As far as the 'cam-phone' issue goes, wouldn't that be considered an 'excerpt' under the doctrine of fair use as it's only capturing one frame or perhaps 10-15 secs of video. I know of no cam-phone that's capable of camming a full length feature. --TG Uh, isn’t there a federal law against camming now? Why is it necessary to now have 50 separate state laws on the same issue?

As far as the ‘cam-phone’ issue goes, wouldn’t that be considered an ‘excerpt’ under the doctrine of fair use as it’s only capturing one frame or perhaps 10-15 secs of video. I know of no cam-phone that’s capable of camming a full length feature.

–TG

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