my profile | my password | search | faq & rules | forum home

» Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE   » Operations   » Ground Level   » Renting theatre out for private screening (Page 2)

This topic comprises 2 pages: 1  2

Author Topic: Renting theatre out for private screening Jon Petersen Film Handler Posts: 6 From: Des Moines, IA Registered: Nov 2008 posted 05-06-2011 04:55 PM                        Rod:"Daddy, are you going to jail?" Ned:"We'll see, son. We'll see."  |  IP: Logged Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 05-10-2011 07:05 PM                        quote: Frank Angel in no way can a screening in your theatre ever be construed under the DVD licensing terms as a home screening and covered by the explicit home license terms that a DVD confers. aren't minivans made these days with dvd players? are they only for people who live in their minivans? i assume it would be ok to screen a dvd in an old theater that has a projectionist apartment attached to the booth.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-11-2011 12:46 PM                        Yeah Disney really ought to collect $250 every time some mom shows "Tangled" in the minivan for a group of kids.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-14-2011 03:14 AM                        If they could figure out how to do it, you bet your butt cheeks they would! Oh, and haven't you heard, they've been working on a system that uses ultra-high frequency strobing of ultraviolet light that is aimed at patrons leaving the theatre. It synchronizes with the nerve synapses in the frontal lobes and causes the moviegoer to forget all copyrighted Disney material they just saw. In 74% of most subjects, two hours after seeing a Disney copyrighted movie, they won't remember any of it. A Disney spokesmen said the company is pleased with these promising results but feels it needs the system to produce closer to 99% before it is launched. Disney feels it is only fair to protect their intellectual property from being stolen and taken out of the theatre. In a statement one Disney researcher said under cloak of anonymity, that they are also working on embedding similar high frequency audio pulses in all Disney recordings so people will not be able to hum Disney music after they hear it. This is only in the prototype stages and needs more work because now, although they can block subjects' ability to hum or worse, actually sing Disney copyrighted songs, they still have to work out a very unpleasant side effect, namely, when the person tries to vocalize Disney Phonocopyrighted material, it sets off a turrets syndrome reaction causing the subject to scream things like "DISNEY SUCKS!"  |  IP: Logged

All times are Central (GMT -6:00)

This topic comprises 2 pages: 1  2

Printer-friendly view of this topic

Hop To: Select a Forum: Category: Operations -------------------- Digital Cinema Forum Film Handlers' Forum Large Format Forum Ground Level Feature Info, Trailer Attachments & REAL Credit Offsets Category: Community -------------------- Film-Yak Film Handlers' Movie Reviews The Afterlife Bob Maar's Joke-A-Thon Category: Classified -------------------- Equipment and Supplies Wanted/For Sale Help Wanted/Seeking Employment Category: System -------------------- Software Beta Testing Forum

The Film-Tech Forums are designed for various members related to the cinema industry to express their opinions, viewpoints and testimonials on various products, services and events based upon speculation, personal knowledge and factual information through use, therefore all views represented here allow no liability upon the publishers of this web site and the owners of said views assume no liability for any ill will resulting from these postings. The posts made here are for educational as well as entertainment purposes and as such anyone viewing this portion of the website must accept these views as statements of the author of that opinion and agrees to release the authors from any and all liability.