MPAA Pushes Lawmakers to Criminalize Movie Camming

[johnarama]

Seems a bit silly, the quality is so bad, plus someone who really wants to watch a camcorded version will eventually get their hands on a noncamcorded version (whether legally or not). The MPAA should worry more about theater conditions and theater prices... I used to be a manager at AMC Theaters, did you know that roughly 90% of box office goes back to movie studios?! Movie theaters make their money at the concession stands.

Plus, it's going to be hard stopping people from sharing movies, now there's encrypted file sharing apps that prevent outside parties from knowing what's being exchanged, like GigaTribe: www.gigatribe.com

[true_neo]

It is still delivered via the methods you want if you wait until the movie is out of theaters. Why would Hollywood make a movie available on disk or online when they can first make money in the cinemas then make money on the disk? Besides if it were available via modern technology on the release date it would be even easier to pirate a new product.

While it took me a few minutes to decipher the English used, this guy does have a point.

If people were given DRM-enabled content to watch in their own homes, they would complain because a large percentage of the not-so-computer-savvy users see "DRM" and instantly eat up what all the FUD spreaders have...well spread.

If people were given DRM free content to watch in their own homes, movie studios and theatres would lose out, and possibly even go bankrupt (a bit overdramatic, but the demographic of people preferring cinema or home may lean too heavily against movie theatres in some areas), thus removing the choice.

In short, the delay on the option for home entertainment is a double-edged sword, at least until such time as the public at large becomes more educated about DRM (that it doesn't necessarily give control of your TV/computer to The Man).

[WhiteWizard20]

Who would want to watch a 'Cam' anyways? They have poor quality, the movie will be released on DVD and eventually someone who actually 'buys' the DVD will rip it to their computer and upload it to the internet for others to download.