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TorrentFreak has uncovered a "top-secret" presentation made by the Federation Against Copyright Theft and sent to Sony Pictures. "The document reveals suspects being filmed in cinemas, tracked using Facebook friends, and their connections to release groups mapped in intriguing diagrams."
FACT goes on to give Sony several examples of situations in which it has been involved in information exercises sharing with the authorities. The exact details aren't provided, but somewhat surprisingly FACT says they include murder, kidnap and large-scale missing persons investigations.
But perhaps of most interest are the details of how the group pursues those who illegally "cam" and then distribute movies online. The presentation focuses on the "proven" leak of five movies in 2010, the total from UK cinemas for that year.
[...] Considering the depth and presentation of the above investigations it will come as no surprise to most that many FACT investigators are former police officers. For the curious, the full document can be found here on Wikileaks.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Monday April 27 2015, @07:09PM
I suspect the whole story is something of a deception.
I've seen a few pirated movies, some well before the DVD hit the stores, and they quality was usually top notch.
The truth is that for at least a decade, movie leaks come out of the studios in digital form. Hackers or insiders or pre-release DVDs.
Unless you have a friend in the projection booth who will screen a movie in the wee hours for you, you are going to have a difficult time "cam"-ing a first run movie. Just because the house lights are off, doesn't mean they can't see you clearly.
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(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Tuesday April 28 2015, @03:25PM
I did accidentally waste bandwidth on a movie that appeared to be recorded on an iphone. Was not happy to waste time and bandwidth on that stuff.
However, I suppose that these are few and far between. I just wish people would label the torrents as such.
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