Who hasn't gone out and bought a cheap DVD or video, only to discover that it's a pirated version?
Recently, James has been complaining, because every time he tries to buy a rare DVD of some obscure movie, it ends up being a fake. You know how pirated movies always have at least one person standing up in front of the screen, or a phone going off, or the screen goes blurry for a second? Well, it occurs to me that collectors of film and TV items have a huge disadvantage. They are working against all sorts of forgers, frauds, and other people. (For example, my recent discovery of fake movie autographs on ebay) How on earth can they possibly buy authentic merchandise, when so little of it is actually authentic?
So what's being done about all those naughty pirates? Most of the pirated movies are coming from Asia, where it seems it is fairly easy to go into a cinema, set up a camera, and press record. But I found out recently that Malaysian ushers are using night-vision goggles (yes, that's right!) to spot pirates in the dark. So far they've caught 17 people, and have even gotten trained dogs to sniff out DVDs - with good results!
Read more about it here.
Oh, and today's origami piece is a simple butterfly.
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