God is Watching: Cinema Warns Torrenting Pirates

[Darth Sushi]

God is Watching: Cinema Warns Torrenting Pirates
By Jane McEntegart, published on October 13, 2009

" Every time you torrent, God kills a cinema.

In a time when movies and TV shows are just one click away, big movie theatre chains worry about pirates downloading unreleased movies and watching them at home instead of forking over up to ten bucks to watch the same titles in the cinema. For smaller, independent movie theatres, piracy is just as big an issue.

The Prince Charles Cinema in London is the only independent cinema in London's West End. While wandering around SoHo last night, I happened past PCC and caught a glimpse of the novel way this cinema is trying to prevent torrenting.

http://media.bestofmicro.com/torrents-pirates-mpaa,7-1-227053-13.jpg

I don't know how effective this is but it's definitely a change from the usual stuff you hear coming from the MPAA. "

:source: Source: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/torrent-God-kills-cinema-PCC,news-4853.html

[ovisan]

I m touched... from now on I ll stop torrenting

[mr. nails]

they used to show comercials about being a pirate and torrenting be4 the film in a couple of local cinemas i attend, but that only lasted maybe a month.

$10? lol, the minimum i spend @ the alamo is roughly $25. more if the movie is good.

[darkstate01]

GOD...What or who Is that? Or is it a new movie coming out soon? God kills a cinema. I bet This GOD device who's going to kill cinema is available in book form. I'll keep my eye out for it, GOD

[megabyteme]

How about if "God" kills one of the idiots who feels the need to talk or repeat the lines of the movie behind me? Maybe then I'll be more willing to pay for a movie. As it is, going to a theater is more of an aggravation than a pleasure. The cost isn't really the issue for me. My past experiences have been so bad that I don't WANT to see movies in theaters- even if they were free!

Not to mention the MPAA and their efforts to damage the internet. No thanks.

[NSMB]

Ya' know, torrenting ain't illegal. Yet.

And you can share non-copyrighted files with it too. dumbasses

[beansis]

well since I'm a Christian I stick with usenet and ddl:P

[Funkin']

They shouldn't have used the word God. That was just stupid of them.

But I do kind of agree with this. Well, with the independent theaters at least. I try going at least once every week or two to the independent one over by me (http://www.arttheatre.net/). It's been around since the 30's or some shit, and is only $3.50 to get in. So I would hate to see this one ever close down.

[nnnnnn]

definitely stupid to say God kills a Cinema.

And now I'm sure more noobs will google up what torrenting is and land on tpb, more pirates will board the torrenting ship with the help of their stupidity. :)

[ShadowsServant]

Nice slogan, gave me a good laugh. What does god have to do with anything? We'll all go to hell for torrenting, sure... Not all the stuff that is available in the torrent world is copyrighted material.

[Callmehank]

I think they were playing off the old saying "every time you masturbate god kills a kitten."

[Hombre]

there is saying: each time u masturbate, god kills a kitten.

[Darth Sushi]

Every time you masturbate in an X-rated cinema, God kills a kitten...and adds a torrent!

http://doubledeckerbuses.org/blog/media/blogs/new/God-kills-kitten.jpg

[Skiz]

they used to show comercials about being a pirate and torrenting be4 the film in a couple of local cinemas i attend, but that only lasted maybe a month.

$10? lol, the minimum i spend @ the alamo is roughly $25. more if the movie is good.

Alamo is the Cadillac of theaters tho. :01:

[iLOVENZB]

OMG Linux users are making God kill cinemas!!!!

[Mee2]

they used to show comercials about being a pirate and torrenting be4 the film in a couple of local cinemas i attend, but that only lasted maybe a month.

$10? lol, the minimum i spend @ the alamo is roughly $25. more if the movie is good.

Alamo is the Cadillac of theaters tho. :01:

I have to agree with both of you.. Alamo is very cool to relax and watch weird ass movies.. Hello, from San Antonio... :)

[Sporkk]

closing cinemas could be a good thing for consumers. They pay employees peanuts and most charge insane prices. I'm all for stuff going directly to dvd.

[Mousee]

I'm beginning to think this is a regional thing - like one Cinema in your area does it so a few more catch on and do it. Case in point: I was in Arkansas a few months ago and they had tons of this kinda propaganda at just about every small and large Cinema/theater - came back to Illinois and I've not seen a single anti-piracy sign :P

But I have to agree with some earlier comments - going to the Cinema these days is hardly worth the money considering all the hassle and idiots you typically get. I understand a few places are trying to crack down on that, but I'm pretty sure for the $10+ I spent at the Cinema I could have just spent a month or so later on the DVD release (considering they seem to be coming out a lot faster after the theater/cinema release date).

[TheFoX]

Ironic that the Christian religion teaches charity, yet these idiots think that they can use the name of God to protect their profits.

I'm sure that God, if he exists, has more important things to think about, such as world peace, rather than the petty profits of an uncaring organisation.

[darkstate01]

Oh right this GOD thing is a HE, I heard somewhere GOD was an IT.What and this GOD thing Thinks about things that are going on on this planet? Let me tell you this, When this planet has done with us tiny humans, It will shrug us off like fleas off a dogs back. Humans will use whatever resource available to them to make as much money as possible, If you are unlucky enough to believe in the adult fairy tale of GOD then that will do to try and scare you into not being a bad human. Bad human bad human stop it !!!

[kooltilldend]

every time you over charge a fookin' movie, god kills a theatre-goer

how's that for return

[xxk2xx]

What does GOD have to do with any of this..Bad action and last ditch attempt for them WOW.
Anyway GOD forgives everyone.HA