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Canadian Theatre Chain Sued for Abusive Search

Posted by kdawson on from the get-a-detector dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A Canadian theater chain has been sued for an abusive search for camcording equipment. A Montreal woman is seeking $60,000 in damages for the search, which comes after the Canadian government caved to US pressure and enacted anti-camcording legislation."

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  1. Search me? by gooman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is that a camcorder in your pocket or are you just happy to see the movie?

    --
    "Kittens give Morbo gas!"
    1. Re:Search me? by edwardpickman · · Score: 4, Funny

      The movie was "I Know Who Killed Me". It was definitely a camcorder.

  2. Use technology to not inconvenience her by Ang31us · · Score: 5, Funny
    If she's hot enough, I would use infrared camera to search her bag and see through her clothes (to make sure she's not hiding a camera, of course).

    I'm a big fan of a greyscale night-vision mode with an infrared filter on a sunny day at the beach myself.

    If she's not so hot, someone else can search her while I record the movie on my fancy camera.

  3. Re:Good Lord. by RuBLed · · Score: 5, Funny

    but look on the bright side, the version of simpsons the movie you just watched contains a laugh track.

  4. Re:Good Lord. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    You meant to ask if he would mind rephrasing that in American. It was already in English. Here goes, try to imagine Cletus the slack-jawed yokel from the Simpsons:

    "I ain't gettin me one of them there passus, heck thems more'n twenty dollers a month. We ain't gotten no vid-jo mobiles an' we don go on Wednesdays when we could get us a reeeduction. We is paying the full price."