Senate Unanimously Passes Anti-Camcorder Bill

jamonterrell writes "The US Senate just unanimously passed a bill allowing the criminal prosecution of recording movies with a camcorder in theatres. Victims of the new bill would face 3 years in prison on first offense (5 if it was done for profit), repeat offenders would get 10 years. As a side note, it will cost taxpayers an additional 5 million dollars per year through 2009 for enforcement." Several states have made recording in theaters a crime, although none of them have penalties nearly as harsh as this Senate bill.

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Still no cure for cancer

[Ryosen]

>>How does the person sitting next to you in the cinema feel about this....

Probably not all that great since once you have been arrested, if your neighbor did not turn you in, he could be charged as an accessory.

Just remember, folks, that this is the sort of problems that our appointed leaders are spending their time and energy (and your tax money) on. Not on fixing the economy, not on getting us out of a ficticious war, not on improving healthcare or our general way of life. But making the world safe for movie-goers and **AA members alike.

You get the government that you (do or don't) vote for.