This seems to me to be much ado about nothing. How can this be a problem in new hampshire when NO PLACE in new hampshire shows the first run screenings. When a movie is about to open it USUALLY only opens at a few theaters first so the movie guys can judge the response of the audience and decide how widely they want to distribute the movie. So why would anyone in new hampshire go into a theater and record a movie. They can download the one that was already done in NYC or LA, 3 weeks ago.
If it is a huge movie that will show everywhere then most likely it will get out via a screener. Which brings me to my question, DOES ANY ONE WATCH CAMCORDER TAPE MOVIES ANY MORE?
The NUMBER ONE way for movies to get out is when some body who has access to a screener [theater owners, critics, judges for movies award, etc] copies it and sends it around via file sharing programs. Screeners are DVD quality sometimes with surround sound. Camcorder tapes of movies are Pale in color, horrible sound quality, and just generally not worth watching. Video taping inside a theater is something that stopped happening when people could buy DVD burners for $100.
Just more legislators doing anything but deal with the actual issues that matter to us. Well at least some Motion Picture industry executive will get a bonus for getting the legislation passed. It nice that our legislators are doing SOMETHING for SOMEONE, even if it doesn't benefit us in anyway.
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It seems that in the first comment above, Mr. Mus [sic] is arguing that it doesn't happen often so it shouldn't be bothered with -- it's not "NUMBER ONE' so we can ignore it. All those folks working on curing lupus and MS and other number-two killers can just go home now.
For what it's worth, though, his statement that the *recording* end of the piracy process doesn't happen much in NH is probably true enough. Boston, maybe -- and SoCal "fer shure", where there's already a law of this sort on the books -- but by the time a movie reaches theaters around here, there's usually a bootleg available. It doesn't take long -- hours, in some cases.
But it doesn't get distributed just online. The selling end is pretty common. One local black market outlet is so well known that a middle school student pointed it out to me. (In that same vein, you might make a guess about Mr. Mus' age and join that with his apparently detailed familiarity with the subject.)
See, now *this* is where I'd put the effort: additional enforcement, to catch people who are knowingly breaking established laws for profit. Another law won't do as much as another cop.
I believe that the first poster is probably correct in suggesting that this is a minor problem, that the quality of contraband produced is poor, that New Hampshire is a sub-optimal place for this cottage industry, and that there are far more important things for legislators to worry about.
Er, so what? You could say the same about growing coca plants or counterfeiting quarters; you'd still be a fool to say that we shouldn't have a law against it. Besides, it's not as if the stupidity and futility of a criminal act prevents people from doing it. Don't you ever read the police log? Haven't you ever heard of alcohol?
For starters. I think it should be illegal to bring a video camera into a theater.
I didn't intend to advocate that something should be legal because it doesn't happen much.
My point was that I have a hard time believing this is an important issue or that this issue derives from the concerns of the people of new hampshire.
Why don't we pass a law to make it illegal to cut down cactus. Or how about a law to prohibit hunting camels. Of coarse these are exaggerations but you get the point. They are not problems here in new hampshire.
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