* A group of well-intentioned translators in Poland are looking at two years in jail for creating free subtitles for some movies. Insert your own Polish joke here.

* A bunch of Raiders of the Lost Ark fans so loved the movie that they painstakingly re-created it, shot for shot, back in 1981. Techdirt lists all the legal hassles and prison sentences the fans would probably have if they tried to do that today.

* MPAA chief Dan Glickman claims that Spider-Man 3 has been such a big hit because of anti-camcording efforts. As Mike Masnick points out, this argument is laughably false.

For the type of fans who go out to see such a movie on opening weekend, the download isn't a substitute. If anything, it's a complement. Just like when the last Star Wars film came out, fans download the movie, but still want to enjoy the experience of seeing it in the theater with a huge group of other fans. Plus, of course, basic logic should tell you that the camcording crackdown had nothing to do with the large opening. Whoever was doing the camcording couldn't have done it until the movie opened anyway. On top of that, as soon as one decent camcorded version made it to the net (as at least a few did), then it's infinitely available and it doesn't really matter if the industry stopped every other camcording attempt. However, this is the MPAA we're talking about, and if they can't get their math right, I guess it's no surprise that their logic skills are weak as well.