Guess the film from the still

Judge Mental said:
[/B]"NO discussion of movies or tv shows that haven't been released in the UK, if it hasn't been shown in a UK cinema or on a UK tv station, no discussion is allowed."
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Not to be a pedant but I can walk down to my local CEX right now and legally buy bluray movies off the shelf from the US that haven't been released over here under UK certification yet, how do I stand on that?

Also there are many DVD's out that have never been released at the cinema or shown on tv, where do we stand on that as well?
 
Judge Mental said:
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This is what i was getting at.....

From Copyright Legislation and music links thread:

"NO discussion of movies or tv shows that haven't been released in the UK, if it hasn't been shown in a UK cinema or on a UK tv station, no discussion is allowed."

I suspect this covers stills as well.
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SixTwoSix said:
Not to be a pedant but I can walk down to my local CEX right now and legally buy bluray movies off the shelf from the US that haven't been released over here under UK certification yet, how do I stand on that?

Also there are many DVD's out that have never been released at the cinema or shown on tv, where do we stand on that as well?
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That copyright infringement quote was written by someone with little knowledge of copyright infringement. Just because a film hasn't been released in the UK doesn't mean it's infringing copyright. Also, just because a film doesn't have a BBFC classification attached doesn't mean it's illegal.

The BBFC's stance on this is that it's fine to own and watch unclassified films as long as they don't contain material that falls outside the BBFC's guidelines. Of course this is a highly grey area since the BBFC, especially recently, have made some charmingly lenient decisions when it comes to passing films uncut. The bottom line is that there's no point getting in a twist over potentially illegal films. You'd have a job trying to get hold of one - and even then [unless you're talking about certain pornographic material], no-one's going to come bashing your door down.

EDIT: support:

Can I bring back DVDs from abroad that are not currently classified?

The Video Recordings Act 1984 (VRA) makes it illegal to supply any video or DVD within the UK which has not been classified by the BBFC. There are some exceptions to this (eg educational works or works predominantly concerned with sport, religion and music) but all feature films and TV programmes must be classified.

Although it is not a customs offence to import an unclassified video or DVD it must be for your personal use only and the content must not breach the UK law (eg Obscene Publications Acts 1959 and 1964, Protection of Children Act 1978).

You are therefore entitled to purchase unclassified videos or DVDs whilst abroad, provided they contain no illegal material and are solely for personal use.
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http://www.pbbfc.co.uk/faqs.asp

So while it's illegal to sell DVDs which are not classified, it's not illegal to import them yourself provided they fall inside the BBFC's guidelines [which, as we've discussed, are not necessarily cut and dried anyway].
 
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SixTwoSix said:
Sooooo....can we post stills from stuff unreleased in the UK ;) :p he he
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The quote "No discussion of movies or tv shows that haven't been released in the UK, if it hasn't been shown in a UK cinema or on a UK tv station, no discussion is allowed" purely relates to copyright infringement and since, by buying an unreleased/unclassified film you are not infringing copyright nor are you making an illegal purchase, the quote is fallacious.

Even if you posted a still from a film you had downloaded and not paid for, posting the still or discussing the film does not infringe anyone's copyright. And even then it would be impossible to prove that the film had actually been downloaded without going to that person's house.

At the end of the day, if the admins still want to refuse discussion of unreleased and unclassified films that's up to them, but it would be a decision based purely on preference rather than enforcing any law.

Additional edit: we should also consider works falling under the 'E' category.

The 'E' symbol on video packaging indicates that the distributor believes the work to be exempt from classification. Under the Video Recordings Act 1984, a video is an exempted work if it is designed to inform, educate or instruct; is concerned with sport, religion or music; or is a video game. However, if such a work depicts human sexual activity or gross violence to any significant extent it will need a BBFC classification.

The 'E' symbol is not an official symbol and does not have any legal standing. Nor is it a requirement that it should appear on video cassettes, unlike the BBFC classification symbols. Under the Video Recordings Act, the onus is on the distributor to decide whether or not a video work is an exempted work, and distributors have tended to put an 'E' symbol on tapes as guidance to the public.
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Therefore just because a film has no BBFC symbol on the box also does not mean it hasn't been reviewed and approved for sale within the UK by the BBFC.
 
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Would it be too much to ask that if the film isn't technically legally available in the UK yet that we only post stills from any available trailers? I'm not meaning to be a pedant but it just seems fairer if you missed it in the cinema.
 
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z0mbi3 said:
Would it be too much to ask that if the film isn't technically legally available in the UK yet that we only post stills from any available trailers? I'm not meaning to be a pedant but it just seems fairer if you missed it in the cinema.
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We should just post whatever the hell we want because it doesn't matter. There have been quite a few very obscure films in this thread.

Jamesdavid3 said:
WHO CARES?

just post 1 still from ANY movie and lets get on with it.
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Exactly.
 
That looks like a bloke to me; blokes hands and arms. So my wild guessage would be Tootsie but then, it doesn't look like Hoffman's arms.

Then there's the one with Snipes and Patrick Swayze where they dress up as women for some reason, can't remember what that's called though.
 
Good stuff :)

I'll try this randomly picked film...

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