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Arrest Under New NY Anti-Piracy Law

Posted by Zonk on from the next-time-don't-wear-an-eyepatch-to-the-movies dept.

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."

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  1. Seems like a clean arrest by pembo13 · · Score: 0, Troll

    6 months seems fair, maybe even lenient - I can't really of any valid reasons for bringing in video recording equipment into a cinema. 6 months seems even more fair considering the poor quality of these kind of recordings after engineerings spent so many hours creating the "pretty" graphics.

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  2. The MPAA always delivers more than 100% by twitter · · Score: 0, Troll

    The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) says more than 40% of bootlegged films in the US are secretly taped in New York cinemas.

    and Canada does 50%, and we can be sure that China is responsible for another 50%, and Los Angeles another 40% and so on and so forth depending on who's nose they want to bloody today.

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