kentucky.com— When Gene Harris showed up at a Lombard theater for the premiere of "Miami Vice" last month, seeing the movie wasn't his priority. He hoped to catch a film pirate in action.
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@ShortiesI agree. Police should be chasing dangerous criminals, and the MPAA should pay for it's own private investigators regarding movie piracy. I think maybe that's why the MPAA hired a private investigator to look for movie piracy, and only had the cops get involved once he had found the film pirates themselves.RTFA
the way that i read the article was that the guy did work for the movie company and called the police after he spotted the guy filming... i didn't get the impression that the cops were involved in the actual tracking down of the guy recording the movie. i also have yet to find a bootleg DVD that has good quality and would rather wait for it to come out on DVD beats going to he movies and having interrupted by a the swat team coming in to arrest the looser next to me trying to make a quick buck
Treating customers as potential criminals is not the way to attract business. Quality of service in the majority of cinemas is appalling. Make it fun to go watch movies in public again and piracy will drop. A lot of people pirate because there's nothing worth paying to watch and nowhere worth going to watch it.
omnithoughtAug 26, 2006
Yeah, god forbid the cop actually chase violent criminals rather than be a shill for organizations that refuse to keep up with the times.
adfsjAug 26, 2006
Just like a nutritional diet, piracy has a pyramid! <a class="user" href="http://www.mpaa.org/press_releases/pyramid_of_piracy.pdf">http://www.mpaa.org/press_releases/pyramid_of_piracy.pdf</a>
mohrrAug 26, 2006
@ShortiesI agree. Police should be chasing dangerous criminals, and the MPAA should pay for it's own private investigators regarding movie piracy. I think maybe that's why the MPAA hired a private investigator to look for movie piracy, and only had the cops get involved once he had found the film pirates themselves.RTFA
wolfboyAug 26, 2006
In your model, how do you propose that the film-makers earn back the money they spent making the movie?
soxfannhAug 26, 2006
Who cares, the theather rips look and sound like crap anyway....
ccheathAug 26, 2006
IT'S NOT THEFT
gd007Aug 27, 2006
nice to MPAA is driving on all cylinders!
lilibuggsAug 29, 2006
the way that i read the article was that the guy did work for the movie company and called the police after he spotted the guy filming... i didn't get the impression that the cops were involved in the actual tracking down of the guy recording the movie. i also have yet to find a bootleg DVD that has good quality and would rather wait for it to come out on DVD beats going to he movies and having interrupted by a the swat team coming in to arrest the looser next to me trying to make a quick buck
martin993Aug 29, 2006
Treating customers as potential criminals is not the way to attract business. Quality of service in the majority of cinemas is appalling. Make it fun to go watch movies in public again and piracy will drop. A lot of people pirate because there's nothing worth paying to watch and nowhere worth going to watch it.