Cinemas Using Night-Goggles To Catch Pirates

Malaysian cinemas have found a powerful new weapon in their fight against movie pirates — military-style night-vision goggles. After showing people to their seats, trained ushers are strapping on the goggles and scanning darkened cinemas around the country to spot anyone trying to make illegal copies of movies with hand-held video recorders or mobile phones.

This is a creative idea and a smart one at that. It’s sure better this than being patted down as you enter. It’s noted that seventeen people have been caught since this method has been implemented, although it doesn’t mention how they were dealt with afterwards.

Source: Reuters