Movie Screening Security Guards Take On The Pirates

Written by enigmax on March 26, 2008

The best way to deal with piracy is to go in hard - real hard. It doesn’t matter if you upset non-pirates or alienate your customers, it doesn’t matter if you make children cry. Pirates are evil and they need to be dealt with severely - this documentary shows how it’s best done, using intimidation and violence.

MSSG Logo

In the time it took you to read the introduction to this post, movie pirates have cost the MPAA $12.7m in lost revenue, several thousand people in the movie industry have lost their jobs, and civilization (as we know it) is under threat.

Faced with this nightmare scenario, drastic action is called for, as any delay could exacerbate the already horrendous losses listed above. It’s time to stop movie piracy in its tracks - right now - by letting loose the “Movie Screening Security Guards”, armed with the bluntest instruments known to man - and night vision goggles.

MSSG Night VisionMSSG is a four-man security team, here to serve and protect the integrity of the Hollywood movie industry. They say they’re here to hunt down strange people - the type that download stuff from the Internet and anyone carrying large bags “like a suicide bomber” into a movie theater.

Their training allows them to see things normal people can’t, so when they’re confronted with what appears to be a kid with a cellphone, they do the right thing - and immediately destroy it, rightly terrifying the child.

MSSG Celebration

“The world needs morals and integrity,” says the MSSG boss, “and when someone’s going around recording films that cost millions of dollars to make, and showing them to all their little snot-nosed friends while they’re picking their noses, well that’s just wrong. When you take morals and integrity away from a human being, I ask you: What then? What do you have left then?

Enjoy the documentary.

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1 Mar 26, 2008 at 15:14 by Anon

What the…?

2 Mar 26, 2008 at 15:18 by FireWolf

I wish it was longer. =<

3 Mar 26, 2008 at 15:19 by ipswichross.

hhmmmm, quite amusing I suppose, but also a bit scary, because there’s a lot of truth dressed up as humour……:-\

4 Mar 26, 2008 at 15:25 by ngetchell

“it doesn’t matter if you make children cry.”

Your writing blows this really out of proportion. Of course they don’t want people videotaping or downloading their movies which only seems fair and yes sometimes they take it too far to protect their investment but pirates aren’t the robin hood this site seems to make them out to be.

Get over yourself and realize that pirates only do it because its easier and more convenient than paying 10 bucks for a night out.

There isn’t a terrible injustice here but you seem to make it seem like there is.

5 Mar 26, 2008 at 15:29 by Tom Cruise, Scientologist

Wow… what was that?? That was an entertaining “mockumentary” I suppose… but as you can see by #4, the presentation will go over some people’s head. Some more information and context would be nice!

6 Mar 26, 2008 at 15:32 by Anonymous

LMFAO!

Seriously my chair got creamed bad xD

7 Mar 26, 2008 at 15:33 by Tom Cruise, Scientologist

Ok actually I misread comment #4 and I somewhat agree with the points (but really, it was just a joke and a caricature of the anti-piracy lobby!) I still think some context would have made this a more interesting and useful article.

8 Mar 26, 2008 at 15:35 by arboretum

since when were the scene using cellphones to cam movies?

personally i don’t see the problem with looking for cammers or interdicting torrents - it’s management of supply and demand in a war where neither side has agreed to adhere to any set of rules.

@4 makes a valid point imho but this being tf as soon as the US wakes up s/he will be innundated will cries of “f*cking schill go to hell” from teenagers who see their birthright being taken away.

9 Mar 26, 2008 at 15:38 by Ernesto

@#4

It is indeed out of proportion, but so is the clip. Don’t take everything you read literally.

It might not be unjust to catch real (commercial) movie pirates, but it has nasty side-effects.

Here is some context:

Jhannet Sejas, a 19 year old girl was immediately arrested by the police after she recorded a 20 second clip from the movie “Transformers” that she wanted to show to her little brother.

10 Mar 26, 2008 at 15:43 by Arghhhh

This is a joke? right? LMAO LMAO LMAO
Viva La PiratByran :)
*picks nose*

11 Mar 26, 2008 at 16:21 by Isaac

Don’t miss the point people. Most internet pirates don’t like cam vids, unless they’re just dying to see a new movie and are losers without have any friends to go with, or too poor to pay $10. They want DVD quality to keep, without paying $20-$30 for a DVD.

The problem with the policing is that it is interfering with people who just want to watch the movie. It’s like big brother. They might be trying to protect their investment, but they’re hurting the rights of other viewers. They are prioritizing catching the thief that costs them a nominal amount of money over customer satisfaction.

12 Mar 26, 2008 at 16:22 by Isaac

in addition. I don’t think this really applies to internet pirates, but rather the bootlegger you’d find dealing vhs or dvds out of his trunk.

13 Mar 26, 2008 at 16:23 by PDoS32

[quote comment="318992"]“it doesn’t matter if you make children cry.”

Your writing blows this really out of proportion. Of course they don’t want people videotaping or downloading their movies which only seems fair and yes sometimes they take it too far to protect their investment but pirates aren’t the robin hood this site seems to make them out to be.

Get over yourself and realize that pirates only do it because its easier and more convenient than paying 10 bucks for a night out.

There isn’t a terrible injustice here but you seem to make it seem like there is.[/quote]

Stupidity at its finest… 10 bucks isn’t what it is going to cost you. Don’t forget the over priced popcorn and soda.

Doc was funny, personally… should anyone every attempt to search me as im walking into a movie theater I would not only place a lawsuit on them but “maim” them. X-D

Violence… its not only theater guards that know how to administer it.

14 Mar 26, 2008 at 16:25 by PDoS32

[quote comment="319006"]since when were the scene using cellphones to cam movies?[/quote]

actually there was a girl that was fined because she recorded 10 or 20 seconds of a movie on her cell phone.

15 Mar 26, 2008 at 16:28 by Paco420

Personally I find it all humorous… but I do agree that bootleggers selling copies of movies on the street should be stopped… I and a lot of my friends now go to the local “fair” every weekend and stop anyone attempting to sell pirated cds.
We may share these movies via internet without profit but selling them is completely off the scale and is what is causing a lot of the problems with p2p-networks

16 Mar 26, 2008 at 16:33 by bitcher

kindof biast this text? I like the humour, but sometimes hard to know what’s true and what’s not.. more FAQ about this would have been interesting, but as always TF rocks!

17 Mar 26, 2008 at 16:50 by mikson

Long live Pirates!!!

18 Mar 26, 2008 at 16:52 by mikson1

Pirate in my heart,
Pirate in my soul,
Take all you can
and share it all!!!

19 Mar 26, 2008 at 17:00 by ace hall

and they should also set-up internment cubicle in nearby KFCs/McD (outside of cinema compound) to held those suspected “pirates”.

also,they should do a hostile take over on Nokia b’cos nokia are aiding and abeting Pirate-rists,

introduce Parrot-tic act which will gives the ticket guy and cinema janitors the right to tap into your conversation,and literally breath down your neck to see what u r doing..

also covered under this new parrottic act is the setting up of entrance check point and “random” strip search.

u can run….[look around],but u cant hide….[applause] [cameras clicking]

20 Mar 26, 2008 at 17:04 by Rapper Alliance

armed and dangerous
aint too many can bang wit us
straight up weed no angel dust

21 Mar 26, 2008 at 17:32 by Anonymous

why are so many people taking this seriously? it has all the trademarks of a joke/parody

22 Mar 26, 2008 at 17:40 by stuffies

Shit this may mean an end to my BULLSHIT re-encodes!

Torrentleech = Pay 2 Lecch scum site.

23 Mar 26, 2008 at 17:53 by dark wrath

screw the riaa! they are thives not the reg peeps,what happend to the consitution(oh i for got it’s suspened) WE HAVE NO RIGHTS!) new world order right in your face! muaaaaaahhh!

24 Mar 26, 2008 at 17:54 by Anonymous

They should be glad someone’s downloading the movies .. considering the amount of retarded shit that’s being made these days.

I’d happily go spend money on a DVD, if there’s even a slightest chance I could watch the movie again.

99.9% times it just isn’t worth it.

So fuck them already, private imperialistic money-whores, shoving crap down our throats - one way or another.

25 Mar 26, 2008 at 18:01 by Anonymous

It made me go ROFL =P
I wanna see how many laws they would have broken if they really acted like in the vid. :P
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