Mysterious *dots* on film explained!

A while back, someone on my friends list was curious about what he thought were registration dots that were accidentally left in one frame (Willy Wonka, appearing around either the grandfather or Willy's head). Someone just explained to me that these are "anti-piracy" codes on all feature prints to identify -every- print with a unique serial number. Known as "CAP-codes" (CRAP-codes to angry film buffs), these are supposedly "invisible" to the normal eye and appear every fifteen minutes or so.
Here are some articles on the annoying things.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coded_Anti-Piracy

and also:

http://www.operationsombrero.com/Articles/Fatboy/pirates031118.htm

and here's a sample of the "invisible" dots...



Piracy is bad...but to further annoy the few remaining film-goers with this annoying code is ridiculous!

Mysterious *dots* on film explained!

A while back, someone on my friends list was curious about what he thought were registration dots that were accidentally left in one frame (Willy Wonka, appearing around either the grandfather or Willy's head). Someone just explained to me that these are "anti-piracy" codes on all feature prints to identify -every- print with a unique serial number. Known as "CAP-codes" (CRAP-codes to angry film buffs), these are supposedly "invisible" to the normal eye and appear every fifteen minutes or so.
Here are some articles on the annoying things.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coded_Anti-Piracy

and also:

http://www.operationsombrero.com/Articles/Fatboy/pirates031118.htm

and here's a sample of the "invisible" dots...



Piracy is bad...but to further annoy the few remaining film-goers with this annoying code is ridiculous!

Mysterious *dots* on film explained!

A while back, someone on my friends list was curious about what he thought were registration dots that were accidentally left in one frame (Willy Wonka, appearing around either the grandfather or Willy's head). Someone just explained to me that these are "anti-piracy" codes on all feature prints to identify -every- print with a unique serial number. Known as "CAP-codes" (CRAP-codes to angry film buffs), these are supposedly "invisible" to the normal eye and appear every fifteen minutes or so.
Here are some articles on the annoying things.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coded_Anti-Piracy

and also:

http://www.operationsombrero.com/Articles/Fatboy/pirates031118.htm

and here's a sample of the "invisible" dots...



Piracy is bad...but to further annoy the few remaining film-goers with this annoying code is ridiculous!