Comments on: Audio Watermarks Locate Camcording Pirates

By: Trelew

Trelew — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:45:28 +0000

All that time, effort, and resources went into this and still there is not a common cure for corporate greed. Pity!

By: Al

Al — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:50:50 +0000

Not only are movies way over priced but now they’re spying on me with infrared glasses while I watch? Just another reason to avoid movie theaters.

By: Mike Thinks News » How small can you make this thing anyway?

Mike Thinks News » How small can you make this thing anyway? — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:41:23 +0000

[...] the movie theater can now conclusively tell where the pirate sat when he made that really crappy recording of 27 dresses…if you care, and I do ask the question Just how small can you make this thing [...]

By: How small can you make this thing anyway? :: ThinksMedia

How small can you make this thing anyway? :: ThinksMedia — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:38:52 +0000

By: Not a Pirate

Not a Pirate — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:41:12 +0000

So, basically record the film without sound, and have a few of your friends place sound recording equipment in strategic locations around the theatre, in order to frame ‘that bothersome old-couple’ the schoolchildren and the football team.
As a nice side effect you can either piece all the tapes together, creating a patchwork of misleading info, or perhaps re-create that nice 7.1 surround-experience.

Really, they get big guns, we get bigger guns. They get stupid and hand us RFID-tagged tickets, we reprogram those tickets to read ‘GTFO Mickey’ or whatnot.
It really boils down to this: Trust.
Have some.

By: Marcas de agua en el audio de Hollywood para detener la piratería - Cybernauta

Marcas de agua en el audio de Hollywood para detener la piratería - Cybernauta — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:04:02 +0000

[...] semana comienza con algunos detalles acerca de los planes para insertar “marcas de agua” en las pistas de audio de los éxitos de Hollywood, esto a modo de disuadir a los encargados de [...]

By: dontwasteyourmoney

dontwasteyourmoney — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:38:05 +0000

I think I’ve been to a theater once in the past two years. What a huge waste of money. I project 90″ on my 14×12′ livingroom wall with 7.1 surround. This cost me about $2000 over 5 years to build. That comes out to about 8 theater visits a year. I don’t have to worry about all the stupid rules. I don’t have to pay $5 for Junior Mints or $5 for a 16oz watered down Coke. And now, I don’t have to worry about some pimply teenage theater worker with night-vision goggles checking out my wife’s rack.

Boycott theaters.

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Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:38:33 +0000

[...] may soon come with watermarked audio that can pinpoint a pirate’s seat number. Source: Torrent Freak piracyHindering piracy is priority number one for theater employees nowadays, and there is even a [...]

By: movies?

movies? — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:19:38 +0000

So in order for this spatial thing to work I assume they need to compare the loudness for forward and back and compare the signal strength between left and right to get that axis.

What are you Einsteins going to do when the pirates get smart enough to turn their recordings to MONO so you have to arrest the entire ROW of viewers?

Not only is this scheme technically easy to bypass its impossible to enforce. Are you going to start asking for contact information of your viewers in case the pirates are smart enough to use CASH to pay for their movies?

I have not been to the movies in many years because of the overpriced concessions, inability to use the bathroom without missing parts of the movie, rude noisy patrons and dirty theaters. This is just ONE MORE reason for me to stay the heck away from the movies even if there is a movie I want to see. I’m glad I am missing the strip searches and other invasions of privacy coming down the pipes.

By: PicAFlic

PicAFlic — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:04:55 +0000

I work for Regal Cinemas, and at my theater I work at, we recently had a staff meeting saying we are getting some new tools in helping to cut down on piracy. This must be what they’re talking about.

By: ~M

~M — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:11:12 +0000

So “Prof. Babaguchi and colleagues” come up with some proof of concept for audio tracking and the internet takes it from there to “spread the word of the latest sinister RIAA tactic.” Wow. Way to stick it to the RIAA guys… this is the very last thing they would want you to do. ~M

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:48:41 +0000

More money to waste, and less profits.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:11:59 +0000

This is dumb. Why would anyone go to a theater that makes you go through a security screen? Obviously they pass the charges on. Most projectionist do pirating anyways.

By: too easy

too easy — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:34:36 +0000

Just record film at one place, then audio at multiple seats (4 or more to be safe). Then mix those multiple audio recorded audio into one average audio channel. Position data is lost and cannot be checked and “Everyone wins”.

By: CR

CR — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:51:15 +0000

Fuck Hollywood. Read/Youtube Jordan Maxwell and what he thinks of Hollywood. Spell busting!

By: Boycott Novell » IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: March 7th, 2009 - Part 2

Boycott Novell » IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: March 7th, 2009 - Part 2 — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:30:31 +0000

[...] http://torrentfreak.com/audio… Who said the analog flaw could not be covered. [...]

By: Guy

Guy — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:49:48 +0000

When exactly will single-screen, small-town theaters start recording everyone’s seat and buying night-vision goggles when they don’t even have the money to pay real employees?

These theaters are either run for fun, or the staff is too busy trying to make a profit.

By: Phoenix

Phoenix — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:40:35 +0000

I think the technology behind this is interesting, however implementing this will fail. They would have to prove so and so was actually sitting in that location and now that we know about it, who’s to stop you from moving to another seat. If it’s orchestrated properly, it would be impossible to prosecute someone sanely.

By: Melmac

Melmac — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:11:17 +0000

Most of you weren’t around for Centropy or MaVeN. There are VERY good TSs. They need to crack the DTS discs again, that was the best solution for audio.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:54:48 +0000

why wouldn’t you record the sound in mono?