Comments on: Oscar Piracy: Is Hollywood’s Security System Actually Working?

By: Business Security Systems

Business Security Systems — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:52:04 +0000

Security guards are important 'roles' for they provide security to people.But also security to items and products are also of great importance.Piracy must be guarded too.

By: Vern M. | AZ Home Security

Vern M. | AZ Home Security — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:53:42 +0000

Yes, I agree with the first comment: I would never watch a cam flick, even if it was the only way to see if for free. When I watch a movie, I like an immersive experience. The cam versions of most movies are so bad (even the ones made by someone in the projection loft) that I can't bring myself to even download them.

By: BitTorrent And Everything Technology Related - BBCCCP.com

BitTorrent And Everything Technology Related - BBCCCP.com — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:01:30 +0000

[...] those bag checks, intimidating security guards and night vision goggles actually do have an effect. Continue reading on Newteevee.com. Tags: hollywood, oscars, screeners, cam, leaks, waxy.org, [...]

By: Pirates Beat Oscars Again - Suck It MPAA « MyMediaMusings

Pirates Beat Oscars Again - Suck It MPAA « MyMediaMusings — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:18:22 +0000

[...] Not only does there seem to be little proof that pirated downloads are actually hurting the film industry’s bottomline but the efforts of the MPAA are doing nothing to stop it: Waxy.org’s Andy Baio has once again published an extensive collection of data about this year’s Oscar nominations and their availability on P2P networks. He’s been doing this for the last seven years, during which the overall picture has remained pretty much the same; almost all Oscar nominated movies are available on file-sharing networks before the annual awards ceremony. In fact of the 26 movies that were nominated this year, 23 are already available in DVD quality on P2P networks. (via NewTeeVee) [...]

By: camping

camping — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:09:13 +0000

They should think about another possibility, to earn money. Maybe they could make movies with more advertising.

By: sachin

sachin — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:17:11 +0000

ha ha there should be an award for “Best Pirate” or “Best Pirated Movie”

By: Tim Street

Tim Street — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:07:10 +0000

I think the pirates have the system working pretty well.

Do you think next year there will be an award for "Best Pirate" or "Best Pirated Movie" ;-P

By: Numbers

Numbers — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:05:03 +0000

I’m going to say that the movie industries work to thwart piracy, as it pertains to ‘cam’ releases — has more to do with the fact that ‘cam’ releases are horrible in every way imaginable, and people in general won’t watch something that low-fi… as opposed to them making any real headway into stamping out piracy- I won’t watch anything like that… yet, I’ll watch a 2 minute grainy youtube clip — My guess is when cam releases were a new and shiny thing, people got excited about just being able to see a theatrical release before it made it to DVD– standards have changed. I figure those that did cam releases, now find it, not worth the time –

As for piracy, I’m stuck firmly in the middle on the subject… I’m against piracy and I’m against rights management — I’m not innocent in resisting the temptations of seeing a movie I haven’t been able to get to the movie theatre to see — I have gotten screeners directly from an Academy member(so maybe they should have a chat with their members) –

All in all, my basic feelings are… I don’t feel sorry for the movie industry at all– just like the music industry– I saw this coming in the mid-90′s and invested a lot of time and energy in trying to get people to invest in companies like liquidaudio and N2k(anti-piracy, no gone out of business) — no one listened, hmmm… might have been because I was only 22 at the time:)

My thoughts are that the entertainment industries need to figure out new money making models — they’re really digging up the wrong tree when it comes to stopping piracy.