Well, I think we all know what this is really about. Sure if they get leaked it'll be bad etc etc but what Jack Valenti is really trying to do is discredit internet users with this ban. Look, if oscar screeners dont hit the net, CAMs, Telesync's maybe even Telecines WILL so there is no other explanation for this. Maybe these indie movie producers were ignoring the whole internet piracy issue because a lot of internet users might have been ignoring their movies anyway but Jack has come up with a great plan to make it all look like the internet users fault! The forthcoming oscars should be very interesting!

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And how will the critics see the movies? I believe you should view 2-3 times a movie to be sure to vote about something so important like the Oscars!
Except this, I believe Dela is right. Movies will find their way to the net, there are always other ways for that.

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I think it is less likely that some rich brat son of a director, or critic would leak the movie. Far more likely to be technicians (sorry guys!) within Technicolor and the like, as well as disties, all of whom have wider, more common access to these films anyway, as well as the knowhow to copy, rip, upload etc.

And what about post production? I bet they think slapping the words 'For Academy Consideration Only' - Which is, I believe, the quote, although I have never seen it for myself - might get some toffs in trouble ;-)

Anyway, the movies WILL get out even with this removal of priviliges, which is likely to really annoy some people, who will see it as an accusation of guilt.

Paul.

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