UK Copyright Group Tells Cinemas to Ban Laptops

Sockatume writes "Cinema chain Cineworld now has a policy banning anyone from carrying a laptop into a theatre, even if it is not used. The management claims that this is an anti-piracy move on the advice of the Federation Against Copyright Theft, the much-mocked source of all kinds of dubious anti-piracy statements. When it was pointed out that the laptop had no camera, the management made a temporary exception. For customers, the message is clear: leave your laptop in the car. For pirates, the message is clear: there is more money to be made slinking around cinema car parks looking for laptop bags."

Comments

Re:This policy is so not green.

[Assmasher]

I'm sure we can all think of *theoretical* cases where you'd be forced to bring your laptop, but to be totally honest I have never seen anyone with a laptop at a movie theater - and I walk to a theater in the city often.

Re:Movies

[Hubbell]

What kind of an asshole brings a laptop into a movie theater? Either you're going to be A) the asshole who is using it and thereby distracting others due to the screen light, or B) the asshole that is gonna be making a cam (even more of an asshole in way here cause it'll be a shitty cam)

Re:Movies

[YouWantFriesWithThat]

what kind of asshole has such a narrow worldview that he can't see the obvious problem with your assumptions?

not everyone lives in suburbia and not everyone drives a car. some cities are designed around mass transit commuting. some people carry a bag with them all the time that has a computer in it. movie theaters don't have lockers. get the picture?