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MPAA Bans Google Glass In Theaters

Posted by Soulskill on from the preemptive-piracy-panic dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The Motion Picture Association of America, along with the National Association of Theater Owners, have banned Google Glass and similar devices from being in movie theaters. They said, "As part of our continued efforts to ensure movies are not recorded in theaters, however, we maintain a zero-tolerance policy toward using any recording device while movies are being shown. As has been our long-standing policy, all phones must be silenced and other recording devices, including wearable devices, must be turned off and put away at show time. Individuals who fail or refuse to put the recording devices away may be asked to leave." This is a change from the MPAA's stance earlier this year that Glass was "no threat" in terms of copyright infringement. A spokesman said the ban is geared toward combating more sophisticated wearables in the future.

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  1. No sympathy for either side by msobkow · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't like people being able to surreptitiously record things; I don't like the MPAA or RIAA on principle alone (they're leaches sucking blood from the artists.)

    So I've no sympathy for either side in this debate. I think they're both wrong.

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  2. Anyone still going to the movies? by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Waiting half an hour to buy a ticket for about ten bucks, then suffering for 3 hours in 100+ degrees heat to ensure you need to buy something to drink, sitting and standing in the leftovers of the previous show and getting to choose to either not understanding any dialogue or getting a tinnitus from explosions and music (or rather, having that choice being made for you)...

    Seriously? Anyone still masochist enough for that "authentic experience"?

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  3. Re:Not a Fan of Google Glass, But... by Zalbik · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How dare they try to protect themselves from theft...

    Copyright infringement is not theft.

    Stop referring to it as such.

    Or the terrorists win.

  4. Re:Laywer fight by Holi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wait you could afford a $1500 Google Glass but you cannot afford a set of normal frames? You sir have screwed up priorities.

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