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Warner Brothers Pulls Canadian Previews

Posted by kdawson on from the camcorders-eh dept.

A number of readers let us know that Reuters and others are reporting that Warner Brothers is canceling movie previews in Canadian theaters, starting with Oceans Thirteen. A Warner VP said, "Within the first week of a film's release, you can almost be certain that somewhere out there a Canadian copy will show up." Recently, the International Intellectual Property Association placed Canada on its Priority Watch List, along with the likes of Argentina, China, Russia, Turkey, and Venezuela. This community knows, thanks to Michael Geist, that the claim is mostly ficiton.

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  1. Lucky Canadians by DJCacophony · · Score: 5, Funny

    Too bad they don't do that here, too, so I wouldn't have to sit through so many previews just to see the movie I paid to see.

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    1. Re:Lucky Canadians by mark*workfire · · Score: 4, Funny

      It's all crap. Everybody knows Canadians don't even have movie theaters. The project lamp heat melts the igloo. Besides, a group of Canadians together are easy prey for Polar Bears.

    2. Re:Lucky Canadians by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think the movie you were watching was I, Robot, and that those were the *closing* credits.

    3. Re:Lucky Canadians by Fireflymantis · · Score: 5, Funny

      As a Canadian, I can confirm this. I once tried to set up a little home brew theater in my igloo, but the projector melted in the roof. A fire started briefly, but fortunately the melting ice quickly snuffed it out. It goes without saying that the projector was toasted in the incident. Whats worse though is that my igloo insurance policy did not cover the damages.

  2. Go Team USA! by d34thm0nk3y · · Score: 4, Funny

    Within the first week of a film's release, you can almost be certain that somewhere out there a Canadian copy will show up.

    Come, my fellow Americans, we can do this! We have a week to get our copy of Oceans Thirteen up! FTW!!

  3. Re:That's Fiction, Not Ficiton by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Learn how to spel. I'm dylsexic you insnestitive cold!
  4. Movie Piracy Helps Prevent Gun Crime by Bert+the+Turtle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come on, we all know that despite a similar or larger number of firearms per person in Canada that violent crime and gun crime in particular is much lower there. It is obvious that having the opportunity to get cheap pirate movies keeps Canadians from killing each other. As such, I call on the US government to decriminalise piracy. Won't someone please think of the children!

  5. Re:Shooting themselves in the foot by mentaldingo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Indeed. This is the dumbest fucking idea I've heard since I joined the MPAA.