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Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets Leaked
huh12312 writes "Illegal piraters have done it again. On Monday, the second movie in the acclaimed series of seven was leaked onto the internet to the horror of Warner Brothers. With so many blockbusters due out this holiday season this problem will only increase in the coming months." Also note that it will make millions and millions of dollars anyway. I'll probably be there opening night.
it's just a CAM release (DV camera without direct sound input, i.e. decent picture + hollow sound). i doubt that this affects their dollar intake.
In the Cinema, not off the net. She said it was OK, on par with the first film. Daniel Radcliffe still can't act very well but the adult performances were fantastic as before. Also, this film is less suitable for very young children as she claims it has some very scary scenes for its rating (the Serpent in particular). The special effects were fantastic with the flying car sequence being performed very acceptably. I just wish JK Rowling would hurry up with the fifth book, but I suppose I'd rather wait another 6 months for a good book than 1 more week for a crap one.
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Errr. It seems they have anti-leeching on their images. Try this.
the theatres can't actually do anything to you for cam'ing a film.
they can ask you to leave - but they have to give you a refund. the only time they can deny a refund is if you are disrupting the experience for other guests.
they cannot take your camera, they cannot take your film.
they also dont have the authority to search you.
if they think you're packing - sure they can 'ask' to search you, and turn you away if they want.
so in this system, the cam'er just has to keep trying. eventually he'll get through when no one is looking (with 90-100% of ticket sales going to the production companies, most theatres don't adequately staff nor train).
and really, is my cam'ing the film illegal? absolutely not. just like my recording nfl games onto vhs is legal.
redistributing -is- the illegal part.
saying p2p isn't to blame isn't entirely wrong either. holding the software to account for this is like holding ups accountable for shipping god-knows-how-many illegal copies of vhs movies across the country.
those people distributing the film are breaking the law. this tends to be the cam'er, but isn't necessarily. so you can't just crack down on the cam'ers because 1: they're not breaking any laws, 2: it doesn't work
of course... then there's the nebulous argument of: is it illegal to distribute a cam if you are not profiting from it? it's not actually the transfer of possession of a copy of something that's illegal, it's the sale.
so is it really illegal if there's no sale? and is that why cam'ers and p2p distributers don't actually go to jail? i mean, the gov't tracks down computer criminals all the time and jails them. but when have you ever heard of a cam-circle getting busted?
// "Can't clowns and pirates just -try- to get along?"
Leaked must be the wrong word. This is a screener, and it started in cinemas last Thursday in the UK/Ireland.
I don't call this leaked. Instead, I would asume this to be completly normal. This what happens to all big movies. First you get a screener, and then someone manages to produce a decent copy. Finally you get the DVDrip. As far as I know, this is the normal thing for all movies...
Anyways, in regards to the movie, I must say that I liked it. I think it was better than the first one, as more things happened all the time. It is fairly long, roughly three hours, but definatly worth seeing. See it in the cinema, as watching the screener (in my opinion) completly destroys the experience. The sound is really good and really helps you get into the "Harry Potter atmosphere".
While there is no retaking of the Shire (what we saw in Fellowship is all we'll probably see of it), it has not been confirmed whether Saruman dies at the end of TTT or sometime in ROTK. If you'll remember from the books, the Ents let Saruman leave Orthanc because he didn't seem like he could cause any trouble at that point. There's no reason why PJ couldn't have the Ents kill him as he is, perhaps, trying to escape Orthanc.
From all the news I've been reading on theonering.net, even Christopher Lee doesn't know Saruman's fate at the end of TTT. He has however mentioned a couple of times that "Saruman will be back for ROTK". He has also mentioned that several (as many as 9 I believe) different scenes have been filmed for his death.
In any case, no one will know for sure until December 18th. Unless of course TTT is leaked to the internet before that date (that should keep this post OT).