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Looks like DRM prevented to watch movies in many theaters yesterday (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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When we went to our seats, the wait staff let us know that despite the fact that the previews were playing, we wouldn’t know until the movie actually started whether we could see the film or not. If it didn’t work, the screen would just turn black. Luckily, the film went through without a hitch.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I've seen very few leaks of digital prints intended to play in theaters on torrent sites. Either this DRM is unusually effective or pretty much unnecessary.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 10 months ago (2 children)

80% certain it's DRM to stop theatre owners from pirating it between each other and not to stop the public from having those copies

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Come to think of it there's probably something to make sure theaters are completing the number of contractually obligated screenings too. Like a 3 person screening is probably a loss for the theater, but not revenue distributers want to lose out on.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Yes, the amount of showings that a theater has is tracked. Certain movies are contractually obligated to show at certain times or a certain number of times a day.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why would a theatre owner help their competition?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Multiple theatres owned by one mother company / investor / whatever you get what I kean

Buy the rights for one location/franchise to run it then copy to your other locations to save cost

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Good point.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The staff commented "we can only know if it works when the movie starts", and this sentence is let me thinking "expensive royalties would be automatically paid every single time the play button is pressed"