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Canadian Movie Camcording Addressed With Legislation

Posted by Zonk on from the cameras-down dept.

dottyslashdottydot writes "During Arnold Schwarzenegger's visit to Ottawa yesterday, it was confirmed that Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be introducing a bill to make camcording in movie theaters illegal in Canada. However, people are skeptical that this will make any difference in the amount of pirated movies available. Doug Frith, president of the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association was quoted as saying, 'is really the first step — not only for the movie industry — where the government has shown it will seriously address the whole area of intellectual-property theft.'"

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  1. Re:My comment to the CBC by seaturnip · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Anyway, it seems preposterous to assume anything can be done about camcording: it can only have an effect if all attempted camcordings of a given movie are prevented. A single recording provides an infinite supply of pirated copies. This is even more hopeless than the War on Drugs.

  2. Re:My comment to the CBC by Pojut · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is even more hopeless than the War on Untaxed Drugs

    fixed.

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  3. Great Solution by Baavgai · · Score: 4, Insightful

    For, say, 1990. Seriously, what decade are these people living in?

    Pirated copies don't come from some idiot wielding a camcorder, they come digital copies usually leaked from within the industry itself. "Review copy" only means "my kid will be torrenting this in three hours, here it comes."

    And the minimum wage salary surf shining a flashlight on people fondling each other is now a also a policeman? If a guy holding an illegal recording device looks able enough to abuse a baby seal and isn't bothering anyone, what possible incentive does a theater have to confront them?

    This type of legislation is a cry for help on the part of the legislator. It's a sign they're so out of touch it's not even funny.

  4. Canada is a client state by Scrameustache · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How big of a deal is this, really? Camcorders? Not big at all.

    A foreign cartel forcing a supposedly sovereign nation to change their law according to their whims, THAT is a big deal.
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  5. Never Happen. by arthurpaliden · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Minority government.

    Election coming sooner rather than later.

    It will die on the order paper if it ever gets there.

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