Screeners? Guard with your life

Things seem to have neared the airport-security level on the movie screener front. If you’re a film critic preparing to receive a copy of a movie, you’ll have to sign an agreement that you won’t copy or loan it, and please -- no jokes about piracy. It’s almost certain, from the tone of the agreement below, that laxness, or levity, will not be appreciated.

NSFC AGREEMENT ON SCREENERS

I, the undersigned, herein confirm that I will adhere to the official policy of the NATIONAL SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS (NSFC) on receiving copies of movies (“screeners”) from any source in any format, as set forth below.

Receiving screeners does not give me any underlying intellectual property rights to said films. Ownership of each screener remains the property of the company that supplied it.

Screeners cannot be sold or loaned to anyone.

Screeners cannot be circulated outside my home or office.

Screeners cannot be copied or reproduced in any fashion.

I will maintain possession of all screeners and not give them to anyone or any company except to return them to the company that provided them or to have them destroyed by an MPAA-approved recycling company.

I understand my responsibility to protect any screeners I receive from unauthorized use. I agree that if I violate this agreement I may be expelled from the NSFC and I may be subject to civil and criminal penalties....