Cam (bootleg)

As Cam - Rip also CAMRip ( or just Cam) is referred to in the warez scene, the illegal recording of a movie that was recorded with the help of a commercial camcorder or mobile in a cinema. Falsely a Cam - Rip is often referred to as a screener.

To record in the cinema, the devices are modified. So tell-tale light-emitting diodes and logos taped over or removed. The quality of this recording ranges from poor to acceptable. Most recording is milky, roaring or too dark, even occasionally heads of other moviegoers to recognize as a silhouette. Less common are camera shake by moving the camcorder to perceive, but the sound quality is usually poor, as for example, external noise such as laughter or talk of moviegoers are heard. Often a monotonous noise in the background can be heard and the sound seems muffled. It is the worst of all recording modes, but these usually appears first on the Internet. The next best is capture the Telesync.

Countermeasures

With metal detectors or with samples of bags and backpacks try some cinema operators to find the cameras before entering the cinema. Even with night vision device is attempted during the show to discover the recording equipment, the insert in the cinema must first be given to the public known in Germany. Meanwhile, there are technical means to track the cameras while filming in the cinema or make the filming impossible. Here, for example, the CCD sensors of the device blinded by light rays. With the help of markings in picture and sound of movies can be later Narrow by IT Forensics even when surfaced on the Internet CAMRip copies of the cinemas where the movie was filmed. By watermarking in film sound, the position of the camcorder should be established accurately up to 44 centimeters.

Legally, the filming of the collecting societies such as the Motion Picture Association of America or the Company is pursuing the prosecution of copyright infringement. Such a man was sentenced to 21 months in prison in a federal prison, for example, in the U.S., because of its proven the movies 28 Weeks Later and Enchanted was filmed. In another case, the sentence was imposed in the United States of 7 years in prison, and after the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005, the convict would face 10 years since this law alone makes the carriage of a camera in the cinema punishable as it is considered attempt will be counted, to make an audio-visual recording. In Germany, a CAMRip is punishable under § 53 of the Copyright Law.