bob,
film piracy is growing in canada, too, with people sneaking cameras
into theaters, to videotape films... hence certain studios are NO
LONGER choosing to preview there, prior to their wide release...
this was reported in Variety a month or so ago... and as someone that
works in post production here in los angeles, i say: correct move.
i'd call this type of behaviour lawless and illegal, wouldn't you?!?!?.
jeff
On Jun 7, 2007, at 1:26 PM, Bob Brooks wrote:
I'm sorry, only have a second to reply here, but wow....
Do all you Americans really believe that Canada is this lawless
place, like the Wild West - but, with bad pharmaceuticals????? You
people REALLY have to start questioning your leaders when they lie
to you...
Cheers,
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Susan Heim
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] MovieGoods?
Hey Tom,
I'm sure it is because they are based in Canada. Most of the
reproduction houses are in Europe, mainly France and Germany. It
may be that the laws are hard to enforce on this issue out of the
states. Many of my studio contacts say it's just too overwhelming.
To be honest, while someone is making money off of their image, it
is still their image advertising their movie that is being put out
there. So, in a way it's millions of dollars in free publicity.
Duplicating a video, DVD or CD to resell it is a different matter
since those are primarily being produced for sale to the public to
make a profit. Movie posters are not made for the public for sale
or otherwise so the only money the studio is losing in that venture
are the people that help themselves to originals at the studio, the
printer or other vendors that utilize movie posters. In the end
even those posters make it to a wall somewhere, again advertising
that movie.
Moviegoods makes their own line of reproductions and buys
repros from other sources. I supply Moviegoods the frames they sell
on their website and often they ship me the posters to install in
the frames. They have a nice line of reproductions to movies all
the way back to the silents and conveniently printed to 27x40, not
some weird size like the ones that come out of Europe. That allows
customers to swap posters in and out of a standard size movie
poster frame. They are made on photographic paper and in no way
would you confuse it for an original and they don't claim
otherwise. I don't know what type of licensing agreement they have,
if any. I'm sure most of these companies reproducing posters don't
have licensing agreements. Portal does and I'm sure it irks them
that they have to pay those fees when all these other companies are
out there reproducing like crazy for no fees. Just guessing.
Sue
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom A. Pennock
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 10:09 AM
Subject: [MOPO] MovieGoods?
How does the company MovieGoods get away with reproducing ALL those
movie posters, lobby cards, EVERYTHING? Someone said it's because
they are really based out of Canada. I would think legally
royalties would have to be paid. These prints are not licenced like
the Portal's and other were or are now. These are just run off
with total disregard for the studio's and copyright holders.
--Tom Pennock
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