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|    Tony to Tony    |
|    Re: Two sentenced to US prison for copyr    |
|    04 Nov 12 09:35:43    |
      XPost: can.infobahn       From: Tony@TheDeli.Sandwich              70mm film has magnetic sound with the magnetic heads preceding the aperature       and       optical sound seen on 35 and 16 mm film is optical.              Tony wrote:              > Back in the days of film an exciter lamp with a slit was used to reproduce       > the soundtrack at 24 frames a second. 70mm film which was rare had 6       > soundtracks. Today most movie theaters have moved to Blu-ray discs.       > Projectionists used to make good money (because film used to be nitrate and       > explosive) and were some of the stupidest bastards alive. Kuldip Singh       > Samra's brother (Jaspol) used to work at the Carleton and the Eaton Center.       > He was more fucked in the head than Kuldip. They could have done a movie       > about the projectionists at the Eaton center. Shitplex (Cineplex) had the       > worst equipment imaginable some of it was homemade by Carl Murin. They       > actually started with all 16 mm projectors because they couldn't get first       > rate films when the company started. Famous Players had all the money and       > the people with the most security all had the jobs at Famous.       >       > Some Guy wrote:       >       > > Is this why I can't find a legit cam-rip of "Cloud Atlas" on the       > > torrents?       > >       > > Note that these guys were trying to capture a better version of the       > > audio track for these movies by using "receivers" - ?       > >       > > See - I told you that the quality of audible audio in the modern movie       > > experience sucks big-time.       > >       > > I'm curious about how or why the audio track is broadcast in movie       > > theaters. How does that work, exactly?       > >       > > Note that these guys seem to have been charged only with recording audio       > > in a movie theater. How can they extrapolate that to "internet piracy"       > > ?       > >       > > =======================================       > >       > > Two sentenced to US prison for copyright piracy       > >       > > AFP - Two members of an Internet piracy group were sentenced to prison       > > Friday on charges stemming from unauthorized online distribution of       > > first-run films, officials said.       > >       > > The Justice Department said a Virginia court sentenced Willie Lambert,       > > 57, of Pennsylvania, to 30 months in prison and Sean Lovelady, 28, of       > > California to 23 months.       > >       > > Lambert was ordered to pay $449,514 in restitution and Lovelady $7,500.       > >       > > Lambert and Lovelady were indicted along with two other defendants in       > > April for their roles in the IMAGiNE Group, a ring that sought to copy       > > and release to the Internet copies of movies only showing in theaters.       > >       > > The two men each pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit       > > criminal copyright infringement.       > >       > > According to prosecutors, Lambert and Lovelady admitted that they went       > > to movie theaters and secretly used receivers and recording devices to       > > capture the audio sound tracks of copyrighted movies.       > >       > > The group used software to synchronize the audio file with an illegally       > > obtained video file to create a completed movie for sharing over the       > > Internet.       > >       > > Two others in the group have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing.       >       > --       > The Grandmaster of the CyberFROG       >       > Come get your ticket to CyberFROG city       >       > Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know proper       > manners       >       > Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs but got fired the first day       > on the job for potty mouth,       >       > Bur-ring, i'll get this one: WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM JERK!!? We're here to help       > you dickweed, ok, ok give the power cord the jiggily piggily wiggily all the       > while pushing the power button repeatedly now take everything out of your       > computer except the power supply and *one* stick of ram. Subscriber asks       > will that fuckin' work? I guaranDAMtee it. Ok get the next sucker on the       > phone.       >       > Deirdre Straughan (Roxio) is a LIAR (Deirdre McFibber)       >       > There's the employer and the employee and the FROGGER and the FROGEE, which       > one are you?       >       > Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake!       >       > El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar (I just got EL-FROG-OED!!)       >       > All hail Chuckcar the CZAR!! Or in F-R-O-Gland Chuckcar laFROG laCZAR,       > ChuckZar!!       >       > I hate them both, With useless bogus bullshit you need at least *three*       > fulltime jobs to afford either one of them       >       > I'm a fulltime text *only* man on usenet now. The rest of the world       > downloads the binary files not me i can't afford thousands of dollars a       > month       >       > VBB = Volume based billing. How many bytes can we shove down your throat and       > out your arse sir?       >       > The only "fix" for the CellPig modem is a sledgehammer.       >       > UBB = User based bullFROGGING       >       > Master Juba was a black man imitating a white man imitating a black man       >       > Always do incremental backups of your data or you'll end up like the A-Holes       > at DSL Reports. Justin says i made a boo-boo. Yeah boo-who.       >       > Updates are for idiots. As long as the thing works there's no reason to turn       >       > schizophrenic and develop a lifelong complex over such a silly issue.       >       > You don't have to be "stinkbottomed" to post on this newsgroup       >       > Adrian "jackpot" Lewis is a mama's boy!       >       > Jimmy Fricke is good for the game of poker       >       > Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions beyond       > the realm of understandability       >       > Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday       >       > This sig file was compiled via my journeys through usenet              --       The Grandmaster of the CyberFROG              Come get your ticket to CyberFROG city              Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know proper       manners              Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs but got fired the first day on       the job for potty mouth,              Bur-ring, i'll get this one: WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM JERK!!? We're here to help you       dickweed, ok, ok give the power cord the jiggily piggily wiggily all the while       pushing the power button repeatedly now take everything out of your computer       except the power supply and *one* stick of ram. Subscriber asks will that       fuckin' work? I guaranDAMtee it. Ok get the next sucker on the phone.              Deirdre Straughan (Roxio) is a LIAR (Deirdre McFibber)              There's the employer and the employee and the FROGGER and the FROGEE, which one       are you?              Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake!              El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar (I just got EL-FROG-OED!!)              All hail Chuckcar the CZAR!! Or in F-R-O-Gland Chuckcar laFROG laCZAR,       ChuckZar!!              I hate them both, With useless bogus bullshit you need at least *three*       fulltime       jobs to afford either one of them              I'm a fulltime text *only* man on usenet now. The rest of the world downloads       the binary files not me i can't afford thousands of dollars a month              VBB = Volume based billing. How many bytes can we shove down your throat and       out       your arse sir?              The only "fix" for the CellPig modem is a sledgehammer.              UBB = User based bullFROGGING                     [continued in next message]              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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