Woman Caught Recording Anti-Piracy Commercial
Written by Ernesto on August 04, 2006A New Zealand woman was busted recording an anti-piracy commercial that was playing ahead of the popular Disney movie “Cars”.
Staff members of the movie theatre caught the woman, who was sitting there with her family, and confiscated her camcorder.
If the woman is convicted for copyright theft, she could face up to five years in prison, or a fine between 6000 and 90.000 USD.
However, the staff of the cinema in question may have responded a little too adequate (early), it might be hard to get someone in jail for recording an anti-piracy commercial.
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That’s so awesome.
Story is no longer available on the original news site. Wonder what made them put it down?
“Story is no longer available on the original news site. Wonder what made them put it down?” It’s just because the story is so old that it got pulled. If you look at the date the story was put on here it was back in 2006. I remember when this story was in the paper over here is NZ.
Any way heres some info from off the net:
“The New Zealand Federation Against Copyright (NZFACT) said today staff at a Hoyts cinema reported seeing a woman allegedly recording a movie trailer – which just happened to be an anti-piracy message – ahead of the screening of the smash hit animated film Cars.
NZFACT executive director Tony Eaton said staff members contacted management and the woman, who was sitting with her family, was approached and her camcorder seized.
Mr Eaton said he believed that the woman was planning to record the film for piracy purposes.
He said movie pirates made thousands of dollars a week selling DVD copies at markets stalls.”
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