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Canadian Theatre Chain Sued for Abusive Search

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. Re:uhh....wait....what? by Adult+film+producer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    just because it was a voluntary search doesn't give the theatre management the right to have the doorman insert his thumb into womens vaginas.

  2. OT, but given you call this a theatre by the_womble · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Do speakers of American English have a way of distinguishing what I would call a cinema from what I would call a theatre? Do you add and adjective, or do you just assume the context makes it clear?