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Canadian Fined For Videoing Movie In Theatre
canadian_right writes "A Calgary man was fined $1,495 and banned from theaters for a year in the first conviction under a new Canadian law making recording a movie in a theater a crime. Until the new law took effect in 2007, prosecutors had to show evidence of distribution to get a conviction; now, recording without permission is sufficient. The Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association was disappointed that jail time was not given." The man was also banned for a year from possessing any video recording equipment, even a video-capable cellphone, outside of his home.
When the person next to you, or behind you sees you holding up your cellphone pointed at the screen for 20 straight minutes. Seriously, use some common sense. The people running theatres aren't all dumbasses. They'll put up some rules about cellphone use, and since they won't want to piss off their customers, they'll make the rules reasonable, and in return, they'll ask people to report other people who have their damn cell out for 30 minutes at a time.
Actually, a police raid sounds loads more interesting than the crap they have been showing in theaters lately ;-)