Comments on: 88-Year Old Avatar Pirate Caught in Theater

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:38:00 +0000

Opening the door for any exception gives precedent for all exceptions. It’s just nice that he didn’t have any charges brought against him but they just as easily could have.

Without going in too much depth, the course of action taken was the only appropriate one short of arresting him. Letting him film it would have been outright inexcusable, as it’s not even the manager’s right to give permission.

I may not like the current copyright laws, nor the sentences that get passed down, but all things considered, this was the ideal outcome for all involved.

By: akaqKJB

akaqKJB — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:28:32 +0000

I’d love it if that guy came trundling up to the box office with one of those old monster VHS camcorders. The ones that had the VHS deck connected via a cable. I can just see him setting up the tripod before the film like he was recording little Buddy’s birthday party.

And there was really no reason to prosecute the guy – making him sit through the rest of AVATAR was probably cruel & unusual punishment enough.

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By: FreeMicrosoftpointsGuy

FreeMicrosoftpointsGuy — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:17:26 +0000

Old man probably had one of those T.v looking camcorders haha

By: Ninja

Ninja — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:24:52 +0000

That`s why we need some reviewing on copyrights. I mean, the industry would lose millions from an old man trying to ease the suffering from his beloved wife.. [/sarcasm]

Major fail here. At least they were sensible enough not to arrest/prosecute the man…

By: Mojo

Mojo — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:16:38 +0000

Typical Officer John, missing the perfect opportunity to catch what quite possibly could have been the biggest uploader in history… “No one ever suspects the geriatric.”

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By: XQYZ

XQYZ — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:14:42 +0000

Aren’t there like wifi-sd cards around already? Now all you need is a camcorder which supports it, a laptop, and a wifi-sender in the parking lot.

By: XQYZ

XQYZ — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:12:53 +0000

Indeed. Avatar is an epic failure and just proofs once and for all that the current generation of movie goers are too stupid to see the difference between a good and a bad movie.