Register Guidelines E-Books Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Go Back   MobileRead Forums > Miscellaneous > Lounge

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 01-23-2004, 03:42 PM   #1
TadW
Uebermensch
TadW ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.TadW ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.TadW ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.TadW ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.TadW ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.TadW ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.TadW ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.TadW ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.TadW ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.TadW ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.TadW ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
TadW's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,583
Karma: 1094606
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Italy
Device: Kindle
Tough times for movie pirates

The FBI arrested one Russell Sprague in Illinois yesterday in connection with the Carmine Caridi dvd screener leak investigation.

Quote:
According to an FBI affidavit, most of the screeners were originally sent to Carmine Caridi, a 22-year member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences who has been sending as many as 60 screeners a year to Sprague for at least the past three years. Sprague supplied Caridi with Federal Express shipping boxes and mailing labels.
Quote:
Sprague faces up to $500,000 in fines and up to eight years in prison -- three for copyright infringement and five for illegal interception of satellite signals.
Quote:
Because of the hidden security markers, installed by Technicolor, that the studios put on Academy screeners for the first time this year, Warners had determined that VHS tapes of the films had been issued to Caridi.
Quote:
Ultimately, Technicolor technicians determined that copies of such pirated movies as Warners' "Samurai" and "Mystic," 20th Century Fox's "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World," Fox Searchlight's "thirteen" and Buena Vista's "Calendar Girls" all could be traced to Academy screeners that had been provided to Caridi.
Btw, there is already a thread running on IMDB on Carmine Caridi!
TadW is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-23-2004, 03:46 PM   #2
Unregistered
Nameless Being
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by TadW
Btw, there is already a thread running on IMDB on Carmine Caridi!
Since many people have been telling the movie industry for years that it is mainly its own people who distribute good copies of movies on the internet and they have constantly denied it. Now I am sure, the fact that those leaks came from an industry insider will be quietly swept under the carpet.
  Reply With Quote
Advert
Old 02-05-2004, 07:34 AM   #3
TadW
Uebermensch
TadW ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.TadW ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.TadW ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.TadW ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.TadW ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.TadW ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.TadW ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.TadW ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.TadW ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.TadW ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.TadW ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
TadW's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,583
Karma: 1094606
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Italy
Device: Kindle
Today it was announced that Academy Awards bosses have kicked out Carmine Caridi for the first time in history after copies of confidential preview videos ended up on the internet.

Quote:
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences expelled him after they say he violated an agreement not to allow "screener" films to be distributed.
Quote:
"We had hoped that this situation would not arise," Academy president Frank Pierson said after Academy governors voted for the expulsion.
TadW is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2004, 09:48 AM   #4
sUnShInE
Drama Queen
sUnShInE is a marvel to beholdsUnShInE is a marvel to beholdsUnShInE is a marvel to beholdsUnShInE is a marvel to beholdsUnShInE is a marvel to beholdsUnShInE is a marvel to beholdsUnShInE is a marvel to beholdsUnShInE is a marvel to beholdsUnShInE is a marvel to beholdsUnShInE is a marvel to beholdsUnShInE is a marvel to behold
 
sUnShInE's Avatar
 
Posts: 784
Karma: 11712
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: United States
Device: Palm Tungsten T|T3
This is such an interesting story. I was talking with some colleagues about it just yesterday. It throws so many holes into MPAA's anti-piracy campaign, that it makes it almost a total mockery.

But really, have you ever watched screener copies? They're totally annoying. Every couple of minutes, a huge text box comes up on the bottom of the screen. It is particularly annoying while watching films with sub-titles. I'd rather swallow the ginormous fees that the studios force on theaters and go see it on the big screen.
sUnShInE is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Tough times, but some bookstores have a different story kjk News 3 07-08-2010 10:29 PM
PRS-300 How tough is the 300? barnacle Sony Reader 15 01-15-2010 12:14 PM
Times and Guardian on book pirates Liviu_5 News 64 04-17-2008 12:46 PM
Future movie projection stifles videocam pirates Bob Russell Lounge 1 08-31-2005 11:33 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 05:24 AM.


MobileRead.com is a privately owned, operated and funded community.