Ohio Also Passes Law Against Recording In Cinema

Posted by michael on Sunday January 4, 2004 @07:31AM from the money-talks dept.

madmancarman writes "Following California's lead, Ohio has also passed a law making recording in a movie theatre a crime. A first offense would be punishable by six months in jail and up to $1,000 fine, which is lighter than the legislation introduced in Michigan that would bring up to 5 years in jail and a $250,000 fine. The most interesting quote concerns a study by AT&T Labs: 'Their conclusion: 77 percent of the films came from insider sources, either motion picture companies or theater employees taping from the projection booth.' I searched Ohio Gov. Bob Taft's press releases, but couldn't find any mention of it."

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Censorship. That is what is wrong by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-04 07:36 · Score: 0, Flamebait

So Ohio passes a law making sure that at least there are less pirate movies. What is wrong with that?

It's wrong to censor anything, even "pirate movies". Besides, these are only technically "pirated" if they are sold.