Still though, with the panic printing that typically goes on, when would the labs have the time to apply this so-called code to each individual print? Many prints aren't even steady or have a correctly printed digital track...and I'm to believe they can print this microscopic code on each individual print? No. What a joke!

Brad: Please trust me on this, CAP Code has been used on hundreds of thousands of prints since 1982, and has often been of help in tracing the source of pirated copies. If you are showing a print that has CAP Code, and someone shoots a video of it that ends up in the MPAA's hands, they will trace it to your print.

If indeed the CAP guys allowed a demonstration where random tapes were sent in, and they could say "Tape #1 was print #xxx" I would be absolutely convinced that it was real. But Mr. Pytlak keeps dodging the proposal. Why? This leads me to believe that it is not real.

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I say more power to them. Just reminds me of how I just heard Lucas is now preparing a DVD of Phantom Menace. No, he wouldn't release this on DVD after everyone already bought the VHS. He's more concerned with what the viewers want, not with making money.... and a few kids sold a VHS copy of EP1 for 10 bucks, maybe making $500 tops? Oh NO!!!!

What I think it's all about is that if they let one little guy who copies a video go free then they have less leverage to bust the really big pirates. It's like Copyrights... If you don't defend yourself, you might lose your right to defend yourself in the future. (All facial tissues are called "Kleenex" now)

I don't think Lucas is sitting somewhere fretting over some scumbag sitting in a movie theatre with a Handy Cam. However, If he finds out about one of these creeps, he's sure to bust him. If he doesn't he could get himself into the position where some REALLY big creep who's making a whole shitload of copies could say, "But, you didn't bust So-and-So"

The pirates are smarter than the people who come up with the anti-piracy schemes. They always have been. Right Mr. Pytlak? Just look at what the pirates have to work with, and then look at what the people who come up with the anti-piracy schemes have to work with. Amazing what the pirates have done. Yup, they are definitely smarter.

Even if the CRAP CODE is real, it in no way prevents piracy. A dub would have to fall into the hands of the correct people for anything to happen. And I assume most pirates would only sell to people they trust. So therefore the CRAP CODE is completely ineffective, unless you try to sell Jack Valenti a copy of a coded flick.

I beleave John Pytlak when he tells us that the CAP code does work, but understand why he dosen't want to tell us how it works. We don't need to no anyway, right?

Yes it might be the small white dots along the frame line that shows up once and a while, i been wondering what they are for

When a "street seller" of pirated videos is busted, the videos are analyzed by the MPAA. CAP Code allows them to know which print was illegally copied to make the video master. CAP Code doesn't prevent piracy, it only helps PROSECUTE it by tracing it to its source.

Even if a pirate copies "someone else's print" (i.e., at your theatre), YOU are held accountable for the security of that print. If you allowed someone to videotape your print, YOU are considered an accomplice.

There are a lot of "smart" film pirates in federal prison. Others have lost everything they own in fines and civil action. As I said, with billions of dollars in revenue at stake, the MPAA is VERY AGGRESSIVE in prosecuting film piracy.

Brad:
Yes, the position of a lab splice would be kind of a "fingerprint". But it would be too easy to circumvent by adding a few more random splices. Sorry, we dismissed that idea 20 years ago.

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When CAP Code is used, each print has a unique code, even if there are thousands of prints. <Snip> If you are showing a print that has CAP Code, and someone shoots a video of it that ends up in the MPAA's hands, they will trace it to your print.

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What about the time factor, any identifying mark on the film only proved that the illegal copy came from that print. Prints move all over the country, therefore it doesn't prove what cinema allowed the duplicate to be made.

Mark

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CAP Code uniquely identifies the print for its lifetime. So yes, the source of a collector's print could be identified even if all other identification (e.g., leaders) were removed.