Meanings
camming1
- slanguncountableCamcording; the illegal re-recording of films on camcorder in a cinema.
Many of the VCDs sold in Asia stem from such camming...
2006, Joan M Van Tassel, Digital rights management2 more examples
In the United States, federal law as well as 40 state laws can impose harsh penalties for videotaping movies from theater screens, a process known as camming.
2007 February 19, Ian Austen, “Hollywood Gets Tough on Movie Copying in Canada”, in New York TimesConsidering the supposed losses due to camming, the small reward and associated limitations on receiving it are unlikely to encourage employees to make the extra, and perhaps dangerous, effort to stop this illegal conduct.
2009, Robert Bird, Subhash C Jain, The Global Challenge of Intellectual Property Rights
camming2
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of cam
Origin
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