Bolt_Gundam510 Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 by enigmaxA company collecting royalties on behalf of Hollywood studios has illegally demanded payments from kindergartens in Ireland. The MPLC requested 10 Euros ($14.00) per child per annum, so that they can watch DVDs legally. However, by doing so they breached the 2000 Copyright Act since MPLC failed to register with the Patent Office.We have recently reported on the situation in the UK where charities and even police forces are threatened with legal action for playing music within earshot of the general public. Hollywood is no stranger to strict royalty collection activities either, and has stooped to a new low.The Motion Picture Licensing Company (MPLC), which is charged with collecting royalties for the big studios, recently wrote to 2,500 kindergartens (or playschools as they are known in Ireland), informing them that it is illegal for the kids there to watch DVDs without an appropriate license. According to The Times, the letter was sent with the knowledge of the Irish Preschool Play Association (IPPA), which represents many schools populated by around 50,000 kids between 3 and 5 years of age. The IPPA had worked out a deal with the Hollywood representatives, and eventually managed to get the royalties down to 3 euros per child. Despite the lowered fee, most kindergarten owners were stunned by the request. Paula Doran, who runs a playschool in Dublin, said that the only time the kids hardly watch any DVDs at the kindergarten. “We would rarely show DVDs anyway because it’s frowned upon — kids get enough TV at home,” she said. In fact, the only time the kids are allowed to watch a DVD is when they are pretending to go to the cinema, a learning activity that Hollywood would fully endorse. Doran said she couldn’t understand how the MPLC could be acting legally, and refused to pay.It turned out that she was absolutely right not to pay. The MPLC actually failed to register with the Irish Patent Office, and by demanding payments in the way they have, breached the 2000 Copyright Act. A spokesman from the IPO confirmed that an organization that acts in this manner could be fined or have its staff jailed.The MPLC belatedly applied for a license to collect the royalties on Friday. It’s never too late to learn, or for the kids, never too early to start filling Hollywood’s pockets.Source: Torrent Freak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irefay Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Start teaching the kids how to use newsgroups instead of how to go to the cinima. Hollywood just got bailed out anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 by enigmaxSource: Torrent Freakthank god a school in the usa can show a dvd movie/show. the reason being that they dont charge to watch it. thats why you can buy a dvd and have your friends and family watch it over and over. base on (MPLC) logic you only allowed to watch it once and with no one else in the room. thats what you get for going left wing Labor. thank god VP joe PRO RIAA Biden not in charge over here. ove here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumant30 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Well it again goes to show how greedy these big studios are regarding money :D :D :dance2: and wouldn't even spare kindergarden for royalties i think its time when we started kids how to download movies illegaly from net. :frusty: :think: :hehe: :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Well it again goes to show how greedy these big studios are regarding money :P :dance2: :dance2: and wouldn't even spare kindergarden for royalties i think its time when we started kids how to download movies illegaly from net. :dance2: :sneaky: :sneaky: :sneaky: I couldn't agree more!! Not only do we need to start our tots out on pirating at a very early age, We also need to implement a systematic stoppage of the purchasing of anything that comes out of Hollywood!!! If we all decided to sacriface a little bit and say fuck the greedy entertainment industry and greedy entertainers we could bring those pricks to their knees. After all it was us, the little guy, who built them up to what they are today with our hard earned money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumant30 Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Well it again goes to show how greedy these big studios are regarding money ;) :) ;) and wouldn't even spare kindergarden for royalties i think its time when we started kids how to download movies illegaly from net. ;) :D :sneaky: :sneaky: I couldn't agree more!! Not only do we need to start our tots out on pirating at a very early age, We also need to implement a systematic stoppage of the purchasing of anything that comes out of Hollywood!!! If we all decided to sacriface a little bit and say fuck the greedy entertainment industry and greedy entertainers we could bring those pricks to their knees. After all it was us, the little guy, who built them up to what they are today with our hard earned money.200% right man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 BOYCOTT!!! :D Holywood can start going to hell :smoke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumant30 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 BOYCOTT!!! :welcome: Holywood can start going to hell :)Also the quality of movies from Hollywood factory nowadays is also pretty low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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