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01-02-2004, 03:49 PM
BBC today
This is obviously not an issue for TMD


Moves to ban US filmgoers from videotaping films  inside cinemas   :huh:  have been stepped up by the movie industry.

Police say they will respond to calls from cinemas to assist in making the citizen's arrest, if resources permit

Offenders caught during the latest crackdown in Ohio could face six months in jail and a $1,000 (£560) fine. The penalty in Michigan, by contrast, is up to five years in jail and a $250,000 (£140,000) fine.

A recent study by researchers AT&T Labs found that three-quarters of films leaked on the internet came from Hollywood insiders or cinema staff taping films from projection booths

Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/3362265.stm)

UKMan
01-02-2004, 06:57 PM
I dont blame them either - the quality of most of those really suck <_<

bujub22
01-02-2004, 08:01 PM
screw the mpaa once again

@uk man your right but i cant help dl them anyway cuz i hate paying for a movie that might not be good so i dl them to check if it&#39;s good ,only watch a half hr of it and if it&#39;s good ill go to the movies ,but if it&#39;s bad i dl and watch it

so it even out alittle it&#39;s like a heads up on things
they want you to pay for shitty movies ,but not me :01:

bur now there getting closer to stopping my evil plans <_< :lol: ya right

UKMan
01-02-2004, 08:05 PM
Maybe if they tried to be a bit more conspicuos and stopped placing the tripods in the aisles, they would get away with it B)

I agree bujub22 - its a good way of checking out those new movies ;)

Peace
UKMan