KCRW’s The Business, hosted by Claude Brodesser-Akner, takes an in-depth look at the ways and means of movie theft on its July 16 broadcast. The show goes out on the streets of downtown L.A. to purchase illegally camcorded DVDs of Spider-man 3, Knocked Up (it turns out to be Charlotte’s Web) and Ratatouille while they were still in movie theatres,… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Movie Theft
Pirates – accidental and arrested
Die Hard was living free on the internet – unthinkingly posted on an independent film upload site – according to Variety’s Anne Thompson. Iklipz discovered the posting, removed it and alerted the film’s distributor. New York gave its municipal anti-camcording law its first workout Monday night at a screening of Transformers when NYPD caught an… Read more »
Canada makes camcording in theaters a crime
Canada’s anti-camcording bill became law Friday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. On Friday, MPAA chief Dan Glickman applauded the bill’s passage. “By adopting this legislation, the Canadian government has taken a significant step toward reducing the proliferation of camcords generated in Canadian cinemas,” Glickman said. “It demonstrates that the Canadian government understands that all it… Read more »
'Sicko' to open early
The pre-release pirating of Sicko has already had one effect on the film’s reception in theaters – it’s opening a week early. Variety reports the documentary will bow a week earlier than planned in New York, followed by sneak previews at 43 theaters in more than 30 markets Saturday. The film will then expand to… Read more »
'I'm in favor of movie theft, except, you know, when it's bad'
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Michael Moore is backtracking somewhat from his support of bootlegging. You may recall he supported the idea of stealing movies for private use at Cannes and if you don’t, YouTube will remember it for you: He has a slightly different perspective now: “Every filmmaker intends for his film to be… Read more »