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From: axial	5/5/2011 4:45:40 AM
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Unhappy Mounties sick of being private copyright cops "Despite its reluctance to get involved, the RCMP did arrest someone described by the Canadian movie industry lobby as the key player in Montreal camcording, a man who allegedly recorded films in theaters on the day of release using a high-resolution webcam on a laptop. The reason for the arrest? "RCMP officers stated that they arrested the individual 'as a personal favor' to a CMPDA [Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association's] official, and that they did not view theater camcording as 'a major issue.'" It's not hard to see how the RCMP might worry about the perception that it is “the enforcement arm of industry” when it is arresting people as personal favors to those in the movie business." arstechnica.com Jim

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