Post Tagged with: "movie piracy"

Canwest Reports Camcording Bill on the Way

Canwest News reports this morning that the Conservatives will introduce anti-camcording legislation this spring with the hope of moving the bill quickly through the Parliamentary process. Given the recent statements from MPs from all parties this comes as no surprise, though it is still remarkable to see the power of […]

May 11, 2007 — 6 comments — News

Warner’s Summer Blockbuster

The summer movie blockbuster season is upon us – Spiderman 3 opening last weekend – and today Warner Bros unveiled the lobbying equivalent of the blockbuster. In an effort to attract even more attention to the claims regarding movie camcording and piracy, Warner Bros. has announced that it is cancelling […]

May 8, 2007 — 17 comments — News

MPAA Says NYC Source of 40 Percent of Camcording

After months of claiming that Canada is the source of up to 50 percent of camcording of films, a report out of New York now claims that the Big Apple is responsible for more than 40 percent of camcorded films. Given that the head of the U.S. National Association of […]

May 2, 2007 — 6 comments — News

U.S. Theatre Owner Association President Talks Up Canadian Camcording

John Fithian, the President of the National Association of Theater Owners (yes, their acronym really is NATO), has put the Canadian camcorder issue back on the public agenda in the U.S. Reuters reports that Fithian claimed at a press conference yesterday that the success of U.S. authorities targeting camcording has […]

March 14, 2007 — 5 comments — News

CTV National News on Movie Camcording

On the day the MPAA reported record revenues in 2006, the CTV National News featured a story (video here) on the U.S. pressure on movie piracy. The story included a brief interview with U.S. ambassador David Wilkins along with a short response from me and a comment from an RCMP […]

March 7, 2007 — 5 comments — News