Fox to Canada: control Montreallers or we attack
Fox Studios says that half of the camcorder-recorded, pirated movies come from lax, bilingual cinemas in Montreal. They've demanded that Canada do something, or they will."In Quebec, it is much more advantageous because you get both English and French. You cover a bigger part of the world," said Ellis Jacob, chief executive of the Cineplex Entertainment theatre chain. "They are using Canada because they can have the movie out on the street in the Philippines and China before it even releases there."Link (Thanks, Andrew!)Jacob said he was warned in a letter from Bruce Snyder, president of Fox's domestic distribution, that if Canada doesn't do something to curb its growing piracy problem, Hollywood will.
"They are definitely thinking about delaying releases in Canada," said Jacob. "This is very, very bad for our Canadian consumer and it's bad for the industry as a whole."
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