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Putin’s Cinema Fund Rejects Movie Piracy, Fuming Cinema Boss Demands Barbie

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From former president Dimitry Medvedev who called for mass piracy out of spite, to reluctant cinema workers with no movies to screen but families to feed, the value of Hollywood’s movies was there for the taking. According to a report published Tuesday, these piracy proposals face new objections on both legal and moral grounds.

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127 Russian Cinemas Resort to Piracy, Movie Boss Says: “I Don’t Blame Them”

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Russia’s Cinema Industry On Life Support. Russia’s cinema industry is just one of the many casualties hanging on by a thread due to the conflict in Ukraine. Some may argue it’s reasonable to screen ‘The Batman’ in a cinema after downloading the movie from a torrent site. ” The End. .

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“Pro Camcorder Pirate” Arrested in Govt, Police & UK Cinema Chain Operation

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Hollywood believes that these ‘cam’ copies cause significant damage to the cinema industry, an opinion shared by the UK’s Film Distributors’ Association. Sources confirm that the copies were traced back to two multi-screen cinemas, both of them in Liverpool, the location mentioned by PIPCU.

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Mayor Shows Pirated Copy of “Inside Out 2” on Town Square Big Screen in Brazil

TorrentFreak

There are no official movie theaters nearby, so locals would normally have to travel for several hours to see a film that’s still in cinemas. In addition, it was apparent that the copy had been sourced from pirate streaming site, Obaflix. Thanks to the mayor, people could see ‘Inside Out 2’ in their hometown instead.

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U.S. Copyright Groups Are Concerned About Russia’s Handling of Online Piracy

TorrentFreak

Apparently, many people are turning to piracy instead and even some local cinemas have followed suit. While clearly illegal, the chairman of the Russian Association of Cinema has sympathy for the plight of these struggling theater owners. These cinemas reportedly source their content from pirate sites. Copyright Groups Conerned.

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Turner Classic Movies Airs a Film With ‘Pirated’ Subtitles

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There are licensed and official sources for subtitles, but every now and then, we see fan-made subtitles appear on legal platforms. This allowed the community of tens of thousands of film fans to build an irreplaceable archive of the world cinema. ” Source?

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Legalizing All Movie Piracy Bad For Russia, Media Giants Inform Parliament

TorrentFreak

As a result, Russia no longer feels bound by licensing restrictions and will source the same content from elsewhere, whenever that’s required. 46-FZ that would allow Western content with exclusive foreign rights to be translated, reproduced/copied and publicly distributed with zero permission needed from the rightsholders.