this post was submitted on 02 Jan 2024
967 points (99.0% liked)

Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ

54716 readers
223 users here now

⚓ Dedicated to the discussion of digital piracy, including ethical problems and legal advancements.

Rules • Full Version

1. Posts must be related to the discussion of digital piracy

2. Don't request invites, trade, sell, or self-promote

3. Don't request or link to specific pirated titles, including DMs

4. Don't submit low-quality posts, be entitled, or harass others



Loot, Pillage, & Plunder

📜 c/Piracy Wiki (Community Edition):


💰 Please help cover server costs.

Ko-Fi Liberapay
Ko-fi Liberapay

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

From the article:

When we went to our seats, the wait staff let us know that despite the fact that the previews were playing, we wouldn’t know until the movie actually started whether we could see the film or not. If it didn’t work, the screen would just turn black. Luckily, the film went through without a hitch.

(page 2) 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] banneryear1868@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Reminds me of how many times outages to corporate software has been caused by some bullshit with the licensing management.

[–] june@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Curious how I’m supposed to pirate the theater experience.

This doesn’t really seem like a problem that piracy can solve.

[–] C126@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The theater just projects pirated copies rather than DRM copies

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 months ago

I would laugh so hard if they downloaded a version with chinese subs because they are not good enough to find better versions.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

You can watch pirated movies in a virtual theatre in VR. It's quite impressive really.

load more comments (4 replies)
[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Screw the movie theatres anyway.. Here in Australia, there are two big ones (Hoyts and Village), and both screw patrons by doing things like charging patrons extra money for booking online.

In fact, they ruined every joke in the simpsons movie for me (except one) by allowing ads to use clips from the movie. By 45mins of ads, every joke was ruined.

I really wish the big theatres here would f off, and get replaced entirely by small ones. I don't pay for 40mins of sh***y coca cola ads.

I no longer go at all. It's not a good experience, and its not even a good place to take a date

[–] Zeroxxx@lemmy.id 9 points 10 months ago (6 children)

In my place they name it convenience fee.

For pete's sake movie goers book online and help your fuxxing operations ourselves, you should be paying us or giving us discount not charging extra.

load more comments (6 replies)
load more comments
view more: ‹ prev next ›