Saturday Aug 01, 2009

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It started with the old FBI warnings - which, on VHS, you could fast-forward through.

Then came the FBI warning, followed by a copyright notice (sometimes in two languages) that said essentially the same thing.

Then came the FBI warning, the copyright notice (sometimes in two languages) that said essentially the same thing, and the public service announcement that hyped a misinterpretation of the law and blamed legitimate buyers of the movies for being pirates.

Now?

Now, we have seven minutes of copyright notices. If you let these things get started (they follow the movie), 99% of the buttons you would try on your remote won't do anything to stop them.

Provided with commentary: "Copyright Madness!"

tuesdae:
Superstar, The Proposal, The 40 Year Old Virgin; The Reader, ATL, Boondock Saints (are those serious? I'm not sure); Dirty Dancing, Crossroads, Fight Club.

If you could be the opposite sex for one day, who would you want to be?
brisuscheez:
The one way I can tell you how I get around all the junk at the beginning of my BBC faves is: step 1) turn TV off, turn DVD player on, put in disk and hit play, 2) go do something else for 10 minutes and come back to turn TV on, 3) showtime! And if I leave the DVD in the player next time all I have to do is hit "top menu" and I skip all of that stuff. smile

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