Sony goes spec-ops, hunting for Pirates

November 5, 2008 in personal, privacy by Daniel Nyström | 3 comments

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Apparently the suggested surveillance and “corporate police” laws weren’t enough for Sony.

From TheLocal.se:

“Sony Pictures in Sweden has employed methods worthy of James Bond in an attempt to protect against the pirating of Quantum of Solace.

The film company is using special night vision goggles to keep an eye on moviegoers attending showings of the latest Bond film at 149 cinemas around Sweden, reports entertainment news agency TT-Spektra.”

Oh – my – god. That’s the words that best describes my immediate reaction.

If I were to be informed that someone would be lokoing at me with night vision goggles while I was enjoying a movie I had paid good money to see, I would probably sue them. Possibly just file a complaint with the police as that easily qualifies as harrasment (or is it OK to look at Sony employees in the dark with night vision goggles?).

Sick.

More here, here, here and here.

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  1. kurt wismer’s avatar

    kurt wismer on November 5, 2008 at 9:07 pm

    this kind of thing has been going on at select theatres in north america for some time… i’ve also heard of tsa-style searches at the entrance and even temporary confiscation of cell phones…

  2. David’s avatar

    David on November 5, 2008 at 10:47 pm

    Kinda fits in the theme of the movie though I guess.

    “Sony, the company that spied on me, while watching their spy-movie.”

  3. Daniel Nyström’s avatar

    Daniel Nyström on November 6, 2008 at 8:31 am

    @kurt wismer:
    Cell phones? Seriously, the quality of those recordings can’t be good. I think this whole deal is screwed though… The technology to release movies worldwide at the same time exists, so why don’t they use it? Then they wouldn’t have to (not that they have to, or should) take these kinds of measures.

    Culture and movies for me is about pleasure, not fear or having my integrity compromised.

    @David:
    Hehe, for sure ;) Makes you feel involved in the plot doesn’t it ;)