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Cinemas use night goggles to nab pirates
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by biverson | May 25, 2007 at 08:31 am
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Whoa. Off the wall. I think theater owners ought to realize they are in the ambiance business, not the movie business and let movie producers charge for home viewing new movies the day they open from home.
They should make the theaters more attractive to people who are looking for a place to go out. Let people with kids watch the new movies at home. Let old people watch the movies at home. Make the theaters like cool cafes. Then there would be little economic incentive for hand-held copying of movies.
trained ushers are strapping on the goggles and scanning darkened cinemas around the country to spot anyone trying to make illegal copies of movies with hand-held video recorders or mobile phones.
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at 09:58 on May 25th, 2007
Suddenly Pee-Wee Herman isn't the creepiest one in the cinema... it's the usher! I don't like the idea of some stranger staring at me in the dark, especially when I can't see back. At first blush it makes me more likely to seek out "alternate sources"... cinema chain owners must realize that their first and foremost priority is to get butts in seats. Higher ticket prices mixed with adverts is a step backward, to be sure, but Splinter Cell-style spies in the cinema? Nope.