MPAA Uses Night Vision Goggles

What is up with Malaysia and the MPAA?  I could maybe understand using dogs to crack DVD piracy rings, but now Malay movie ushers are spying on their moviegoers using night vision goggles.  But will they flog the violators?

From VNUnet here:

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is equipping cinema ushers with night vision goggles and training them to spot people illegally taping films.

The scheme is being trialled in Malaysia as part of an attempt to stop new releases being filmed and sold on DVD or put on peer-to-peer networks.

What sort of hold does the MPAA have on Malaysians that they would allow this type of intrusion to their privacy?  I can understand checks at the ticket counter-  I mean, most theaters ban outside food and drinks, so a cursory inspection to make sure no one is carrying a video recorder or their own box of Goobers seems reasonable.  But to be spied on while in the theater?  Outrageous.