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No commercial motives behind illegal recordings in cinema: Cinema XXI
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The first-time cinema-goers only wanted to show off to their friends that they went to cinema. (Shutterstock/File)
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inema XXI management found 20 cases of people making illegal recordings during the screening of Warkop DKI Reborn: Jangkrik Boss Part 1, a local box office hit that achieved almost 7 million viewers last year.
Interestingly, 12 out of the 20 people were first-time cinema-goers.
The firm’s operational manager Suprayitno said on Thursday during the Digital Economy & Creative Content Forum in the JS Luwansa hotel, South Jakarta, that these people had no commercial motives for recording the film, adding that the management created a questionnaire to find out about their cinema-going habits.
The first-time cinema-goers simply wanted to show off to their friends that they went to the cinema.
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He also added that they did not use high-tech gadgets and the recordings were only five, 10 or 15 seconds.
In regard to cinema-goers who posted live-streaming of movies on Bigo Live or Instagram, Supriyatno also assumed that they did not have commercial motives and only wanted to show off to their friends.
It is illegal to record a film in a cinema. Cinema managements have taken several steps to prevent people from doing so, such as tightening security and showing an anti-piracy slide, which states the punishment for copyright infringement.
Managements have also tried to educate moviegoers without making them feel reluctant to return to the cinema. (mut)
