Sunday, February 21, 2010

Possible copyright violation?

I've been intrigued by the number of 2009 movies I've been able to watch on TV, including Julie and Julia, and An American Affair (starring Deep River, CT's favorite daughter, Gretchen Mol), but the ultimate show occurred today. I was flipping through the channels and recognized the Robert Downey Jr. version of Sherlock Holmes that came out around Christmas. The surprise was the message that was shown during the broadcast: "YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DISC AND ITS CONTENTS. This disc is digitally watermarked to identify you. Do not loan, copy, rent, sell, give away or otherwise transfer to any third party for any reason."
Posted by at

5 comments:

  1. JoFebruary 21, 2010 at 5:35 AM

    Here's the way to pay for your trip! The FBI would probably pay you big bucks for this info. Your new career: watching Mongolian TV and reporting those illegally shown movies!

    ReplyDelete
  2. JoFebruary 21, 2010 at 5:38 AM

    Yikes! I just found out via a look on Amazon that the Robert Downey Sherlock Holmes movie isn't available on DVD until MARCH 30, 2010!!!!! So how did the Mongolian station get the movie?????

    ReplyDelete
  3. BabetteFebruary 21, 2010 at 7:59 AM

    I'm guessing that it was a copy sent to a video store (or maybe a member of the Academy that votes for the Oscars) and they gave (or sold) the copy to the station.

    ReplyDelete
  4. BabetteFebruary 21, 2010 at 8:02 AM

    And it's not only the movies. Most of the commercials I see have American music playing on them. I seriously doubt that they obtained permission to do so or are paying royalties!

    ReplyDelete
  5. JoFebruary 21, 2010 at 1:46 PM

    Makes sense, because a woman who worked at Channel 9 gave me an advance copy of that (terrible) new version of Miss Marple.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)