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California Makes Recording in Cinema a Crime

Posted by michael on from the guilty-until-proven-innocent dept.

Maharet writes "According to this article in the Sacramento Bee, recording devices will be outlawed and you will be able to make a citizen's arrest if you observe someone recording a movie. I don't advocate piracy, but this just looks to me like industry pressure (although the MPAA, et. al. are not mentioned). What if my cellphone has a camera? My favorite quote from an LA city attorney: 'If you carry one of these into a movie theater, you have to ask yourself, "Do I feel lucky?"'"

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  1. The real question here is... by Frennzy · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...is there anything coming out of Hollywood that is worth recording? Well...okay...pr0n...

  2. Well... by xactoguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    it looks like it's going to be a lot easier to get those idiots with their cellphones on in theaters forcibly removed ;)

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  3. drive by 56ksucks · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess all the movie pirates in CA will have to drive to Oregon and Nevada to record movies. darn. Drive-ins are always good.

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  4. There's a good reason! by wrinkledshirt · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's only because...

    In Aahnold's Calleefoneeah, tha cinema should record yoo!

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    Bleah! Heh heh heh... BLEAH BLEAH!!! Ha ha ha ha...

  5. "What if my cellphone has a camera?" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Then you should be taken out of the theater immediately for bringing a cell phone in! This is a law meant to slow down piracy that actually makes sense for once. Bravo

  6. I am totally supporting this initiative by Txiasaeia · · Score: 5, Funny
    Handheld vid recorder rips of films have horrible quality. Bad audio, bad video, ambient theatre sounds, and whiny kids make vid recorder rips... unbearably unpleasant to watch. :)

    Thank goodness eDonkey won't be flooded with these crappy versions of movies anymore. Straight to DVD Screener rip, baby!

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  7. I often use my brain as a recording device. by gasp · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fortunately, most movies don't require a brain so I won't be missing anything by not taking it into a theater.

    Remembering is copying. Copying is theft.

  8. Re:Another well thought idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I couldn't help notice you mispelled, "jubilant applause" as "shriek! faint."

    HTH HAND