Oscar Screener Ban to be Revoked for Academy Members

bigjocker writes "Yahoo is reporting that the ban to distribute screeners copies will be revoked. The bad news is that only members of the Academy will receive them." It's still unclear how this will affect events such as the Golden Globe awards. According to the article, several critics' organisations have yet to decide their reaction. I'm guessing that at the least, Academy members are pleased to know they won't have to find a theatre to screen award nominees.

Comments

What's with the cover?

[Awptimus Prime]

Suddenly, CowboyNeal is concerned with movie awards? The last I read, this was News for Nerds. Stuff that matters.

Unless CowboyNeal is concerned with being unable to pir8 the latest screener DVD in the future, I don't see how this matters nerd-wise.

Sure, there's awards to worry about. I guess. It's just an industry. I mean, we spend our lives toiling over corporate networks and don't get other IT people holding ceremonies and kissing our pimpled butts over a job well done. So, I am not too terribly concerned about film 'artists' getting their deserts either. It's life, live it for the fun, not little golden globes.

Sure sure, someone will miss out after a good indy flick is released. I'm a nerd, I don't care. If I was an Oprah-watching soccer mom, this just might be an issue. This sort of thing belongs in Vanity Fair or possibly a Wired! article. As a consumer and nerd, I stand very little to lose either way. The same movies will be released on DVD and I'll eventually find them on Netflix.

Can we get back to science, anti-microsoft hate speech, Linux zealotry (you terrorists!), and linking to three year old Wired articles sometime soon?? I'm really tired of the "OMG, they want to stop piracy of unreleased movies!! The horrors!!". Then we wonder why people don't see much of a difference between an open source supporter and a warez/movie thief.

Great job keeping the lines grey!

This shouldn't matter to anyone who isn't a pirate

[leereyno]

I really don't understand how this is even newsworthy to anyone who doesn't have a wooden leg, a patch over one eye, and a parrot on his shoulder squawking "Free Kevin!" morning, noon, and night.

I have no reason to give a rat's ass whether the movie industry sends out screeners or not. I'm neither a filmmaker nor am I someone who reviews films for award consideration. I'm not alone in this. Virtually NO ONE here falls into those two catagories, which leaves the third group with a reason to care, pirates. Is slashdot going to change its motto to "News for thieves. Stuff that will get you 5-to-10?"

The fact that this is somehow news here is really sickening. Its almost like reading a story about how burglars are unhappy because homeowners have been arming themselves with even bigger shotguns and are being pickier about who they allow into their home.

Sounds to me like we need some more chlorine in Slashdot's gene pool.

Hans