a basic translation...misskitty_79January 19 2008, 10:42:57 UTC
Just in passing, I've a question...
What's the deal with searching people at the movies?
Tomorrow, I plan on going into town with my DSLR camera & it's rather large 200mm lens (with which it is rather difficult to go unnoticed). -- Do you think that it would be a bad idea to go to the movies with my equipment (neatly packed away, of course)? -- I don't want to get turned away at the door by a "soft-headed" bag searcher. ;)
To elaborate, here is a small, rather ridiculous article on the subject.
It is forbidden. They can ask you to open the bag for them but not touch it. At least this was the case couple of years ago.
Also what those **** with a *** power trip need to understand is that over 90% of pirated movies are so BEFORE they hit the big screens. Someone somewhere along the production chain leaks a copy out. of the 10% left th emajority is also leaked by theater employees themselves. Recording a movie in a cinema is very very 1994. Not saying it is not done but most people don't bother when they can have easy access to better quality illegal copies straight out of the production companies. ( recording with a hand camera in a movie theater isjust ok for image but really sucks for sound ).
I don't have the link where this information comes from but searching bags at the cinema is like the whole liquids thing in airports. Inneficient, a hassle for everybody but someone somewhere gets their egos stroked.
I've heard stories of people getting turned away simply because they were carrying a camera with them - these might just be urban legends though. Still, I find it extremely frustrating to have your belongings searched when entering a theater room. Why would they even bother searching you if it's forbidden to turn you away in the first place? That's what I don't understand.
I haven't seen anybody searching bags either in Ottawa or Toronto (the last two cities I went to a movie theater). Ok in both case I was empty handed unlike in Montreal where I most of the time had my DSLR (pocket camera) with me.
Anyway, if that was the case, believe me I'd do so much fuss that they would be afraid... and like that person I'd file an official complaint.
I've been asked to open my bag at that specific cinema too, but it's only in the evenings and on weekends that they bother. Middle of the week matinees and they don't care one bit. I've walked in with a huge bag smuggling tons of food so many times, heh. Though I must say that if they actually touched my stuff I'd freak out, too.
I don't support the bag searching practice at all, but I did hear that the scotiabank theater or whatever it is called nowadays is one of the leading theaters for pirating, they have HUGE problems with people video taping films there. It's gotten to the point where a certain studio, I forget which one, won't let them carry their movies, or so it was a few months ago. This is probably why they've grown more adamant with bag searches and the like, although, personally, I've never had it happen to me.
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What's the deal with searching people at the movies?
Tomorrow, I plan on going into town with my DSLR camera & it's rather large 200mm lens (with which it is rather difficult to go unnoticed). -- Do you think that it would be a bad idea to go to the movies with my equipment (neatly packed away, of course)? -- I don't want to get turned away at the door by a "soft-headed" bag searcher. ;)
To elaborate, here is a small, rather ridiculous article on the subject.
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Also what those **** with a *** power trip need to understand is that over 90% of pirated movies are so BEFORE they hit the big screens. Someone somewhere along the production chain leaks a copy out. of the 10% left th emajority is also leaked by theater employees themselves. Recording a movie in a cinema is very very 1994. Not saying it is not done but most people don't bother when they can have easy access to better quality illegal copies straight out of the production companies. ( recording with a hand camera in a movie theater isjust ok for image but really sucks for sound ).
I don't have the link where this information comes from but searching bags at the cinema is like the whole liquids thing in airports. Inneficient, a hassle for everybody but someone somewhere gets their egos stroked.
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As far as piracy goes, you're absolutely right.
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I haven't seen anybody searching bags either in Ottawa or Toronto (the last two cities I went to a movie theater). Ok in both case I was empty handed unlike in Montreal where I most of the time had my DSLR (pocket camera) with me.
Anyway, if that was the case, believe me I'd do so much fuss that they would be afraid... and like that person I'd file an official complaint.
But I'm just like that.
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Though I must say that if they actually touched my stuff I'd freak out, too.
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