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<title>blogTO Recent Comments: Toronto Pirates Go Y'arrrr at TIFF</title>
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<title>Sameer Vasta</title>
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Wow, why so vitriolic Justin?  My friends all know that I'm a cinema junkie: I don't download movies and they know I'd get mad at them for doing it - not because I'm upset they're subverting the film industry, but because I'd much rather they come to the theater with me. So when you say:

"I'm shocked that you didn't point out to them that that's a lousy way of experiencing art."

I'm actually surprised about how you know what my reaction was...perhaps I did say that, perhaps I didn't.  Making an empty assumption based on a lack of information is a bit uncalled for, no?

Ah, and maybe my friend was full of crap: I didn't call him on it, because I had no clue...I haven't done any searching for CAM torrents on the web for ages, so thanks for clarifying that for me.  I can now go back and make my friend feel like a fool.  =)]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:01:58 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Justin...</title>
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A quick search through any of the most comprehensive torrent sites would suggest your friend is full of crap since there doesn't seem to be a CAM of 'Across the Universe' out there. 
Also, while I support an end to the ridiculous attempts at demonizing the P2P community, I don't think a bunch of people yelling 'Y'arr' at a TIFF screening somehow means that there's a massive movement against the studios' 'war on piracy'.
What it does mean is that TIFF audiences are a fun, spontaneous lot and that going to a screening beats watching it on your computer screen any day. 
Fiinally, there's a big difference between watching a pirated film that's been recorded in a cinema and one that comes from a DVD screener. I must say that even if your friend did watch a CAM of the film I'm shocked that you didn't point out to them that that's a lousy way of experiencing art.
Is there an argument to be made for a new business model for DVD releases? Absolutely. Is there one for theatrical releases? Not at all. The social element of theatre going is one of the crucial aspects of going to the movies - if you don't know that - then you have no business talking/writing/blogging about it.]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:47:51 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Adam</title>
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Heard it at Tracey Fragments too. Wow so the roots of this are much closer to home than we thought, huh? You're hilarious, Matt.]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:22:55 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Matt</title>
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AHEM.

I started the pirate thing. :) First to do it at the first Midnight, then Colin caught it and started encouraging the crowd to do it, and then it spread to the non-Midnight screenings.

Thank you for your kind attention. :)]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:19:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Sameer Vasta</title>
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Thanks for letting us know Diana!  I'd probably expect something like that from Colin...]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:16:38 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Diana</title>
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Hi there,

My understanding of how the pirate talk made its way through the festival is that TIFF Midnight Madness programmer Colin Geddes started it himself in the midnight screenings. Since midnight audiences are really enthusiastic they really got into and after doing this a few nights in a row, it started to catch on in other screenings at the festival...  ]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:47:38 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Digit</title>
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I was at the screening of The Tracey Fragments at the Cumberland and everyone there gave up a hearty Y'arrrr as the Anti-Piracy warning came up, it took away a lot of the power of the warning.]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:45:09 PDT</pubDate>
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