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Automatic Scanning for Cameras in Theaters

Posted by michael on from the spy-vs.-spy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A Florida firm claims to have found a solution for the movie industry to prevent bootlegging in theaters. Tom's Hardware carries a story about Trakstar, which demonstrated its 'PirateEye' technology in a Hollywood movie theater to journalists and movie industry representatives: The technology uses light impulses to detect video recording devices. A second component is an audio watermarking system."

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  1. Wall Street Journal: Chinese are Worst Culprits by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    This week, the "Wall Street Journal" (WSJ) is making its online articles available for free. The WSJ reports that the Chinese are the worst offenders in terms of piracy of software, music, movies, etc. 20% of Chinese products are pirated copies.

    We should increase the reliability of the anti-bootleg system for theaters by doing nationality profiling. All Chinese nationals entering a theater should be pulled aside and strip searched for recording devices.