http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/ Engadget Comments for Edinburgh Film Festival bans cellphones -- to stop piracy http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/
i don't have a 3g or video phone though, just a simple camera phone (not even megapixel) that is 3yrs old...

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Screwing around with preview-viewers, who tend to be rabid fans (i.e. their best customers), is really the worst idea ever.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/
A more sinister reaction would be to spite them by covertly taking out a REAL digicam out of an altoids tin and then posting the results online.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/can't say I've ever heard of it...... and now I know *WHY*.

Backwards f*cking idiots. Hey Edinburgh, a little FYI: the world couldn't care less about your small-time festival. Do you *honestly* think tht the films you will be screenng there are so vitally important that festval goers would want to smuggle postage-sized, seconds-long snippets onto the 'net? Pa-f*cking-thetic.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/seems like they are missing the obvious potential danger from cameras posings as cigarette lighters or disguised as broaches.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/
At least now the organisers of the festival have a cast-iron excuse to stop these idiots from messing up everybody's entertainment: just confiscate all cellphones! They won't even have to put up with the "But i'll switch it to silent mode, honest" excuses that people usually make up so they can avoid being out of contact from their friends for a whole *gasp* 90 minutes! If only every cinema would take their example.

Also xVariable, here's an FYI for you: the Edinburgh Film Festival is not a "small-time" festival, it's the longest running film festival in the world (2005 is its 58th year without a break)]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/
I'd have no problem handing over my phone, with the knowledge I'd be getting it back after the film.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/
If the theater allows customers to check their phones and pick them up after the show, then it's not as big of a deal. (Although I'd be a bit nervous to hand my Treo over to a theater check room with countless "We are not responsible for _____" signs no doubt posted everywhere.)
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(BTW, am I the only one that finds comments like these ironic comming from someone with a name like that? *Who* needs "more perspective", exactly? What a f*cking complete and utter idiot.)]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/
BASTARDS!

But seriously, there's an Edinburgh film festival? When the hell is it? I know there's the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August, but that's live theater--not movies.

Serenity? Big event? WTF is Serenity? Sounds like a quiet picture with grassy fields and pleasant people speaking calmly to one another. Ahhhh, Serenity.

OH and BTW, movies cost so much because movie companies are greedy bastards. Bootleggers bootleg because paying $10 to see a movie is effing highway robbery.

Not that I'd know anything about that, of course! :)]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/
http://www.serenitymovie.com/

]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/
That Joss Whedon. He could talk an old lady into giving up her dentures.

I'm not sure what that means beyond the idea that Joss keeps getting money for projects that he shouldn't (Hollywood)logically be getting money for.

Good for him, though--I hope Serenity is a good film.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/
Phones with cameras was the dumbest invention to hit the cellphone market.
I hate them for the exact same reasons #18 does.
1) They take up space.
2) They make my phone get taken away from me in some public areas (like rec. centers) or other places.
3) They drive the cost of the item up that might higher because of the "added feature."
4) Make that much more that could go wrong.

People if you want a camera, BUY A CAMERA.

I just want to be able to take my phone into a recreation center and be able to talk to my family if there was an emergency, without a problem.

Now I get the "Sorry Mr. I must force you to take your phone to your car, or give it to me. I can't have someone walking around taking pictures of people in the change rooms or in the pool."]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/
For the rest of us who like them, I think it's a pretty sad state when society assumes EVERYONE with a camera phone is a criminal and takes EVERYONE's phone away. This kind of treatment is elitist and shouldn't be tolerated. I'm getting real tired of these companies putting our rights behind their paranoia that every customer of theirs is out to ruin them. (As if one customer could ruin them with a camera phone!)

There is no way in hell that we should all suffer for the actions of a handful of people. This is a subtle form of racism that instead of using race as a way to determine guilt, it uses whether or not you have one of the most common devices in society today.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/edinburgh-film-festival-bans-cellphones-to-stop-piracy/
Banning any wireless communications device from any public location or event for any reason isn't only unnecessary, its rude.

There is a reason that most of us pay a good chunk of change for those phones, the ability to be reachable whenever we want, regardless of how important it is to other people.

I can think of several occasions where I've used my phone at a theater while trying to meet up with a group of people, coming from different locations (& getting to the movie @ various times). Or, in the less pleasant event of some sort of family emergency.

I'll admit I have been known to be "that guy" who forgot to put my phone on vibrate. I can't say that I've never answered a voice call, but *MOST* of the time, if I'm using my phone at a theater (or whatever) its for 2 way text messages.

I'll gladly deal with the occasional accidental ring, and even that obstinate asshole who refuses to quiet his phone, for the ability to keep in touch with my friends & family.

The guy in the back row whose phone won't stop ringing, isn't as annoying as people who think cell phones should be banned from everywhere.

This lame ass excuse for a stupid rule is nothing more than a joke. The 1.3 megapixel camera on my fone has such a crappy camcorder function that its laughable. Seriously, what kind of experiance is watching 15 second clips at 176x144 res anyway?

The thought/notion/option of owning a second, non-camera phone is also ridiculous.

Like I can afford 2 phones...

You want to watch a movie completely uniterrupted and alone in an environment you can control, rent it when it comes out on DVD.

. o O (Everyone could use a lil common f*ing courtesy these days.)]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM