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How the MPAA killed the movie theater experience [Was: RE: Ma crovision Shares Fall on RipGuard Review]
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:58:22 GMT
Not your week, eh? What about the Canadian Government? ;-) Speaking of Canada, back to the topic at hand.... I read a note in PoliTech earlier this month from a Toronto journalist James Reid, who explains his experience with the Gestapo-style tactics used by the film industry at a recent screening of a film he was invited to attend by his girlfriend (another Toronto journalist). And I have to tell ya, Hollywood is is getting way, way out of hand. If there is any question in the minds of the doubtful regarding how the MPAA and other film industry strong-arm organizations have lost touch with reality, please read this. Not only were they searched before entering the theater (women's purses, as well as metal detection wand body scan), a couple of security guards intimidated the audience during the entire screening with video cameras, obviously intending to remind them that they were being watched for "criminal behavior". This is getting waaaaaay out of hand.... And they wonder why theater ticket sales are declining? http://www.politechbot.com/2005/11/04/how-the-mpaa/ - ferg -- Blanchard_Michael () emc com wrote: yah, not my week I guess ;-) I guess the movie studios should lower the rent of the reels to the theaters, but then the theaters would just keep ticket prices the same and enjoy the extra profit... [snip] -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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