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Topic: General Cinema's New Web Site
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Kevin Crawford
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 207
From: Sacramento, CA, USA
Registered: May 2000
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posted 02-07-2001 12:50 AM
I heard about a new web page for General Cinema, called www.gcbooth.com. It has some suspiciously familiar looking material on it. Including Tim's Intermittant Video. It looks like a knock off of this site. What I find amusing is that most General Cinema theatres are not suppose to have internet access, yet it is designed for General Cinema managers that do not have someone competant in the booth. They are talking about putting information that is on the site onto a CDRom so that the theatres can use it. Not that I will ever get to see the CDRom unless it comes out to the theatre by Sunday, it seems pointless to put information that should constantly be changing on a CD. I am curious what those of you in Film-Tech land think about the site. As someone who has worked for General Cinema for almost 8 years as an operator, and seeing the way the company has gone down hill and where they are heading, anything they can do will help, not hurt. They do have Film-Tech listed on the links page. But, I am surprised that they would spend the money when Film-Tech is free.
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Ian Price
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1714
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 02-07-2001 06:56 PM
The manuals were copied from Film-Tech because their cover pages are still there.I was an English major. I seem to remember that copying ideas was encouraged as long as you noted the source. But copying content was call plagerism and punishable by being expelled. In the real world, plagerism is punishable by forking over vast amounts of money. Anybody want a cinema chain?
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William Hooper
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1879
From: Mobile, AL USA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 02-07-2001 11:12 PM
Heh, I beat them to the "Exploded diagram as wallpaper" idea: CLICK HERE Even though I admit that my graphics skills are so limited that the best my stuff ever looks is like a well-laid out parts manual... I think copyright infringement for just copying to their site .pdf files created by Brad Miller would be a real problem for them; the way folks copyright their own versions of movies that have fallen into PD is that the law states that copyright applies to additional information or changes in content. If they scanned the originals themselves with the permission of the owners, they could be in the clear.
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John Pytlak
Film God
Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 02-08-2001 04:51 AM
I agree with Brad that they are just trying to help their employees with an internal website. For example, they did not take the Film-Tech banner page off the manuals, and they do provide a direct link to Film-Tech. By contacting Brad directly, they showed their good faith. What website hasn't put up "borrowed" material? IMHO, this constitutes "fair use", although it is always best to ask permission of the copyright holder. Brad asked Kodak permission to post the back issues of "Film Notes for Reel People" and "Cinema Notes", and it was readily granted, as it would be to any similar site helpful to theatres.I recall Steve Geiger (who evidently developed GCC's site) has probably been aware of Film-Tech for at least a year. Likewise, I suspect Tim Reed (a Film-Tech regular) may have had some input to their site, as at last report, ASC has him servicing General Cinema theatres in the Northeast. Hope we hear from Tim and Steve here again also! ------------------
John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion
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Kevin Crawford
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 207
From: Sacramento, CA, USA
Registered: May 2000
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posted 02-08-2001 01:58 PM
I would not say that the manuals are GCC specific. They have acquired theatres over the years, as well as built many theatres with varying equipment. I know that they use to have a wide variety of equipment in No. Calif. However, since they don't have anything here anymore it becomes a moot point. But, I saw very little in regards to CinemaCrappica equipment listed, in particular the platters. I do know that they had several theatres built with that stuff.Don't get me wrong, I think it is a good idea. However, the way they are going about it is wrong. First, it is on the internet. They do not allow the theatre's computers access to the internet. So, they are going to put the pages on a CD. Bad idea since the pages should really be updated regularly. GCC has its own intranet. I think that if the page was to be used specifically for GCC theatres it should be on the company's intranet. Of course that is just my opinion, I could be wrong.
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