Ohio Also Passes Law Against Recording In Cinema

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."

Comments

Re:Jail???

[Leffe]

Jail *is* neccesary. As it is well known, the american jails have nothing to do with rehabilitation, the only purpose they serve is storage of people that will commit crimes if you let them go. There is also a secondary purpose... which includes penetration and pleasure... but I won't go into that this time.

The people that record in cinemas are very likely to do it again if they are not locked up in some place where they can not hurt the MPAA.

In my opinion, what should be revised is the prisons, they are anti-american in my opinion! Simply taking the freedom of the people away just like that, where did the freedom go?

Clearly New Laws Are The Answer!

[Jerk City Troll]

The only logical thing to do when you want to deter behavior is to make more laws! Charging less for movie showings and releasing to films to DVD more quickly would have no effect on this problem. Nope, none whatsoever.