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Blair Witch DVD premiere

Posted by Luke Dalli on 1999/10/01 11:07

Dear All,
While I am not against the idea of getting to see films on DVD
months before they come out on video (I am coming to see the Matrix next
week), this idea of getting Blair witch before (or very close to) its cinema
release worries me a little bit. If we did show it, news would be bound to
get out and it would be an awful shame if we had to cancel the video evening
because we got done for violating UK copywrite laws and the terms and
conditions of film rentals. I'm not saying that we shouldn't show films
early, just that we should only show them a month or two before their video
release, as it would attract less attention.

Please feel free to savage tis opinion,

Luke

Blair Witch DVD premiere

Posted by Simon Richardson on 1999/10/08 12:20

In article <8EE7845D871BD311B0E900E0292A082601BC7BA4@>, Dalli L <L.Dalli@> wrote:

Dear All,
While I am not against the idea of getting to see films on DVD
months before they come out on video (I am coming to see the Matrix next
week), this idea of getting Blair witch before (or very close to) its cinema
release worries me a little bit. If we did show it, news would be bound to
get out and it would be an awful shame if we had to cancel the video evening
because we got done for violating UK copywrite laws and the terms and
conditions of film rentals. I'm not saying that we shouldn't show films
early, just that we should only show them a month or two before their video
release, as it would attract less attention.

We did it with "John Carpenter's Vampires" last year, at the convention.
We had no problems at all.

That doesn't mean that we never will have problems, but Richard specifically
asked the permission of the ents sab (or some Union hack - I think it was
the ents sab) and his reaction was "cool. I'll come down and see that."
Which was the right move, because it never did come out in the cinema.

It's a data point.

Simon

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