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Post #297923

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Zeromancer
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Idea & Info: Grindhouse (possible fan-edit?)
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Date created
27-Sep-2007, 5:49 PM
Originally posted by: Moth3r
Around 2-3 years ago, hotel ppv systems were commonly used as sources for pirate "SCREENER" copies. Typically the releases were presented as 4:3 pan and scan and were free of any watermarks or "property of" messages. All it took to make a copy was a laptop with a USB TV tuner.

I haven't stayed in a hotel recently, but I would expect these days that their ppv systems have encryption and tamper alarms to stop illegal copies being made. The fact that there hasn't been a scene SCREENER release of Grindhouse is a good indication that it's not as easy as it used to be.


Some have a flashing watermark that says property of hotel in it that appears at random in certain frames of the movie.