Quite an interesting article on the BBC about how the industry is ‘tackling the film piracy problem.’
The federation [FACT] says other countries, including the US, Canada and Italy, already have a specific law against camcording in cinemas and believes the UK should follow suit.
But a spokesman for the Intellectual Property Office, part of the Department For Business, says existing law, in the form of the 2006 Fraud Act, already covers this issue.
He argued that while other countries have brought in anti-camcording laws, the evidence on their effectiveness is far from clear.
There are also those – including some police officers – who question industry claims that camcording accounts for 90% of pirated films.
Earlier this year the online appearance of a near complete version of Wolverine before the film’s release suggests that the industry’s production process is not as watertight as people think.
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