The brain trust of evil over at Warner Bros. has just announced a move that is so evil, I almost can’t believe they did it. They’ve just announced that from now on, based on their fabricated lies and public misinformation, they will no longer have advanced screenings of their films in Canada. They call it a move to “fight piracy”.
Listen to this nonsense from a Warner Bros. rep (taken from Yahoo News)
“We regret having to cancel our screenings in Canada, but our studio must take steps to protect not only our branded assets but our commitment to our filmmakers and to our distributors,” Warner Bros. president of domestic distribution Dan Fellman said.
**I’m sorry… but didn’t your own organization (The MPAA) just say that 40% of all illegal movie copies floating around come directly from New York City alone?!?!?! 1 city. 40% of all illegal movie copies. That’s not to mention all the other cities in the USA. Are you banning advanced screenings from New York city as well???**
This is nothing but another member of the MPAA trying to bully it’s will on the Canadian government to make them pass laws as the MPAA sees fit. That’s all this is. And they (Warner and the MPAA) don’t care if they have to lie and use bully tactics to do it. “How dare government think THEY have the right to make and pass laws? We’re the MPAA! We should be telling them what laws to make and pass!”
As one of my readers said… “For shame”
On a personal note… and I know I’m going to sound whiny here… but this sort of evil bullshit, lying studios, ect… really makes it hard to be a film fan some days. I just want to throw my hands in the air and say “Fuck you all” sometimes and just encourage everyone out there to take up piracy just to stick it to these assholes. I seriously just feel like boycotting all of them… all these liars and power mongers. Yup… today it doesn’t feel very good to be a film fan… not today.
