Posts Tagged: International

Canada makes camcording in theaters a crime

Canada’s anti-camcording bill became law Friday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. On Friday, MPAA chief Dan Glickman applauded the bill’s passage. “By adopting this legislation, the Canadian government has taken a significant step toward reducing the proliferation of camcords generated in Canadian cinemas,” Glickman said. “It demonstrates that the Canadian government understands that all it… Read more »

Una dia sin cinema

Spanish cinemas have gone on strike. For a day, anyway. Variety reports on plans for a Monday closure of Spanish movie theaters to protest the government’s new draft film law. The somewhat hard-pressed exhibition sector is upset that some long-standing concerns are either being ignored or implemented in ways they see as detrimental to the… Read more »