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Arrest Under New NY Anti-Piracy Law
AxminsterLeuven writes "The BBC is carrying a story on new tightened New York anti-piracy legislation: A man has been arrested, after smuggling video recording equipment into a theater showing the new Transformers movie. 'Kalidou Diallo, 48, has been charged with unauthorized use of a video camera in a cinema. Under upgraded legislation, he could face six months in jail and fines of up to $5,000 (£2,487) if found guilty,' the BBC reports."
...probably knows a few people that could help commute that jail sentence.
You are SO right. I think he should be brought up on charges. People might actually view this bootleg and think "WOW! That movie shitty! You would think a movie studio could at least get rid of all the background noise! And did they film this thin on a boat?!?!?! What's with all the shaking of the movie not to mention the horrible grainy experience!! I won't spend a dime going to watch that movie or even think of renting it!"
Hrm... better be careful there. Some people in South Carolina still wish they had succeeded in getting their own country.
(Normally I don't pick at things like this, but geez do people not even care about the difference between 'Columbia' and 'Colombia'?)
"There are a dozen opinions on a matter until you know the truth. Then there is only one." - CS Lewis (paraprhase)
Seems ironic that a man gets caught carrying a camera to film a movie about robots in disguise.
:)
At least one anti-piracy law finally did the public some good
Maybe he was setting up a competing screen in the lobby next to the popcorn vendor?
Robots: 1 Pirates: 0 Ninjas: ??
I think you are in the clear. Legally I mean, you are still a moron for needing to 'show' you've been to a movie.
COP 1: He's got a gun!
DIALLO: Wait! Wait! I swear it's just a video camera.
COPS 1-4: Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
COP 2: Why does his gun have a rewind button?
COP 3: Crap... not again...
We always knew Comcast was corrupt, here's the proof: http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1909890&cid=34545432
Its like that guy who had the sarcasm truck run him over, back up over him, and run over him again and he never got a look at it and was just left banged up and not knowing what the hell just happened to him.
Actually, everyone in the jury and the court room will be charged with piracy. In each of those trials, the tape will be shown again, and everyone in THOSE court rooms will have to be charged with piracy. Eventually, the entire country will be in prison for piracy because of this one videotape. This is why video piracy is so very, very bad.
The jail sentence should be proportional to the quality of the rip: Nothing if you describe the movie from memory after viewing it. Maximum if you did a digital HiDef copy. Somewhere in between for a quality in between.
I saw it, but I didn't get the ending.
After the dot com burst (right as I got out of the military) I picked up a few odd jobs. One was working 3rd shift in the local state of the art theater. People do some weird crap in theaters, the weirdest though: One guy brought a miniature microwave oven in to a movie and popped his own pop corn.
Other tidbits:
*Snowday was the WORST movie to clean up after. I have no idea what that movie is about, but every f'ing night it looked like someone started a popcorn fight.
*Crossroads (the Britney Spears movie) had the most used condoms left behind.
*LotR, after week 10, had the highest alcohol consumption.
-Rick
PS: Ever since that job, I've been a big fan of watching movies at home.
"Most people in the U.S. wouldn't know they live in a tyrannical state if it walked up and grabbed their junk." - MyFirs
Damn, thats horrible. Is he alright?
could reasonably be expected to have an impact on both DVD sales and box office revenue...especially if the movie isn't all that great.
Copy, cut, swap, paste:
if the movie isn't all that great could reasonably be expected to have an impact on both DVD sales and box office revenue
Eureka! I've made an ASTOUNDING discovery! Quick, someone e-mail that to all the Hollywood studio executives!
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- - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.
Bah. All you *really* need to do is give 'em a razor and make them watch a bootleg copy of "Transformers."
They'll take care of it themselves.
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