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MPAA Bans Google Glass In Theaters
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.
...I'd like to cordially invite the MPAA to go fuck itself.
Just like all of those cams on the Piratebay, good luck enforcing this one. I'll wait for the movie to hit HBO and Cinemax before dropping 15$ on a ticket.
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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It will be fun to see this go up against the Americans With Disabilities Act (et al) in court in a few weeks/year when citizens rely on digital devices to augment their biology.
EG, as soon as my spectacles have on-board tech this fails fast.
Hey, would someone get on that? Why can't I snap picks like Spider yet?
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this has been around a long time.
And if it keeps the glassholes away, even better!
The MPAA took the most restrictive course possible on keeping their movies from being reproduced without them getting a share. And in this case, they're well within their right. You bought a ticket to see the movie once. That does not give you a right to record it yourself. If you don't like their terms, don't buy the ticket.
Now, if I buy a copy of a movie for me to legally enjoy in the privacy of my home, but they impose technological restrictions that prevent me from doing so, then I'll bother to get upset. And yes, I dislike the MPAA for doing that. But that's not happening here.
This...is not news...not even for nerds...and it really doesn't matter. Story voted (-1) Flamebait.
So I can't use Google Glass, but I'm free to bring in my smart phone, which has an HD camera and likely better quality? Good work there, MPAA.
If you need to wear glasses and the wearables are your primary set of glasses?
Who voted to give these unelected fucks authority over anything?
This is news because it is about "Google Glass." Not Go-Pro cuz that is cool. Google Glass, on the other hand, is nerdy. If you want to attack something stay away from the hip and trendy since Go-Pro is somehow different.
or the belief that movie theaters care very much about what happens after the popcorn money has been collected unless someone makes a huge deal out of it. I do my level best to ignore everyone else in the theater, I certainly won't notice google glass unless it's blinking like a discoball and singing stay'in alive...
even that won't cut it for anything Michael Bay...
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"?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
They could have embraced new technology by releasing a multi-language subtitles glass app. Instead, they further alienate people to combat an unrealistic threat. Early gadget adopters may not be numerous, but they have outsized influence in creating trends. In this case, trends towards not going to movie theaters.
Quite frankly, with the quality of a good deal of movies today, NOT watching it is probably the only thing that could keep the audience in the theater...
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Advice? More like a demand. It's not like theaters own their own theater anymore. Bend over to your MPAA overlord or no movies for you!
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Yeah, fuck them! How dare they try to protect themselves from theft on PRIVATE property that no one is REQUIRED to go to. Fuck them indeed.
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That is one nice thing in Austin... one local chain, the Alamo Drafthouse will eject texters, glassholes, and people on their cellphones from the theaters with great prejudice. It isn't as good as The Oatmeal's glass dome... but it makes it worth it to go to a theater. The fact the Alamo chain serves decent food and beer also is a plus.
Is there even a market for movies pirated using a Google glass? Seems like it would be one of the most shaky, poor quality videos in existence. I've seen some actual "cam" movies before and even those were very difficult to watch. I'm thinking the only loss in profits they're going to be seeing from Google glass users is that a lot of them will no longer come to see movies in theaters
hey!
Other recording devices have not had perscription lenses.
"I am sorry but you have to take off your glasses to see the movie."
"If I take off my glasses, I can not SEE the movie!"
Yet another reason to watch movies at home.
how is this news? recording devices have always been prohibited.
Because it was on DSLR a couple days ago. Every third story they post ends up here 2-3 days later.
Zero tolerance policy on any recording device, that would include a smart phone.
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.
It reads like the MPAA are the ones mainly doing the banning, but I'm curious to know if they actually have any real power in the matter, or whether it really all lies with the National Association of Theater Owners.
If a theatre isn't part of NATO (hah) will they still have to follow the MPAA's ruling on this?
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I don't even spend my precious bandwidth on camera recorded movies... But if some MPAA lawyer want's make his job look more important, then kudos for him...
There was no reason to wear them while watching a movie.
Uh... Vision deficit?
The MPAA does not have a magic wand to "ban" something, they only have contracts and laws. The article does not mention any new legislation to this effect, so I'm guessing they are relying on the former mechanism.
But how many movie theaters are part of the MPAA club and therefore subject to this decision?
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Well, they're only going to ban you if you use the smart phone to actually record.
There's pretty much no way in hell they could try to stop anybody with a cell phone from entering a movie cinema .. pretty much everyone carries on these days.
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Indeed. We have one in Winchester, Virginia. Same policy, same pleasant experience.
Scruting the inscrutable for over 50 years.
that I can't bring my 70mm camera and tripod in, and can no longer tap into the theater sound, either. what a bunch of spoilsports!
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
Perhaps they shouldn't have forked out for a pair of glasses they knew were banned from movie theaters?
And if you can afford google glass, you can spare set of prescription glasses without the built in recording device.
And I'm happy for the glassholes to be watching movies at home, easier for them to keep up on their social media from there as well.
Last time I tried to go to a film with my sons they wouldn't let me bring in my own bottle of water. Got a refund and I'm never going back. I don't need to go to the cinema. I get the lame ass films for free if I want. But these days since their output is so bad I don't even bother. Some time in the future it will be mandated that your eyes be gouged out and your ears deafened before you enter the theatre. Three cheers for the MPAA! Sieg...
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Because "cams" are so great, the only thing better would be one that included EVERY SINGLE MOVEMENT OF THE WEARER'S HEAD. Fucking A.
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In a few years the miniaturization of components is going to make this difficult if not impossible to enforce. If you can't distinguish a regular pair of glasses from these devices...
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Since I live in Austin, and visit the Alamo Drafthouse, I would argue two things:
1) Their "popcorn money" isn't sold until the bill is cashed out (15 minutes before credit roll, usually). Thus they have more supervision, assuming people are using that somewhat expensive service. This model will never be "normal".
2) They tend to ignore you unless you're disturbing someone, or else the manager happens to be filling in for someone on break.
The only person I've ever seen thrown out was a) being a blatant asshole and b) made such a huge scene and distraction at being tossed that they ended up giving out free passes to everyone.
While I don't object to why that person was tossed out in the least, if I were tossed out for Google Glass I would basically require them to call the police. They would lose as much money as I could arrange. I'm willing to sit quietly and silence anything on me that is making noise or light, but the rest is fascist bullshit.
Waiting half an hour to buy a ticket for about ten bucks
I have NEVER waited more than about 5 minutes for a movie ticket ever. Not once in over 40 years.
then suffering for 3 hours in 100+ degrees heat
Ohh bullshit. Movie theaters are almost always too cold if anything.
Anyone still masochist enough for that "authentic experience"?
We can talk about it when you actually describe one. I get people not liking the experience at a movie theater but it's nothing like the nonsense you were claiming.
Quite apart from how horrible it would be to try to watch a movie recorded by a camera the width of a matchstick that's strapped to a person's head while they watch the movie, does Google Glass even have the battery life to record a full movie? It seems like this is a symbolic gesture by the MPAA. I get that long-term battery life will probably improve, but why not wait until something is actually a problem before sending out press releases that might annoy your customers?
While Google Glass is not an FDA approved medical device, it can contain medical devices such as prescription lenses.
Additionally, it is used by people suffering from various medical conditions as an assistive device.
Not only do they run the risk of being sued for discriminating against those with disabilities, but it seems unlikely that someone intent on pirating movies would choose to wear expensive, conspicuous Google glasses with their bright-red "record" LED on the front when there are much cheaper and discrete options for glasses embedded with high resolution cameras designed to record video.
Google Glass even when heavily modified cant record more than a couple of minutes. Are these people complete morons?
They should ban the Samsung top of the line Smartwatch as it has a camera on it ZOMG!!!! it can be used to violate the precioussssssss.....
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I have the impression that Google Glass is already 'out' before it's even being sold.
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We need one of those here. I'd happily pay more for a ticket if they'd kick out idiots who come to movies to play with their phones.
Actually with right apps it can be a great experience enhanced by delivering personalized content during the movie. Like multi-language subtitles, or facts on actors / previous plot reminders.
You didn't keep your regular glasses when you received your Google glass?
Maybe you should purchase a pair for a backup anyway?
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we paid money to watch a movie and are instead distracted by the texting and one-sided phone conversations.
Texting wouldn't be so bad if they just mute the damn alert tone and stop reading their texts out loud.
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You wealthy enough to purchase Google glass but too poor to have a regular pair of glasses?
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Scan for copyrighted material while in record. Emit continuous high pitched screech through bone conductor speaker if in violation.
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So instead of politely putting your google glass in your shirt pocket and wearing normal glasses, you'd rather make an ass out of yourself and get the police involved? I may be able to see your point if they just arbitrarily picked you out of a crowd, but if they went through the trouble of placing signs up at the entrance informing you of their restrictions then I'll have to side with them.
By having the sign out front saying no recording devices, you made an educated decision to use the theater instead of looking for a different theater that is more lenient or waiting for the movie to come out for home viewing. You making an ass out of yourself won't change the theater's policy, but loss of admissions will.
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Haven't been to a movie in over 10 years.
I do have a very nice home theater; I'm guessing over that span it was cheaper.
Hope the theater operators enjoy the grave the MPAA is helping them dig. They can get cozy with the cable operators next door..
..don't panic
Actually with right apps it can be a great experience enhanced by delivering personalized content during the movie. Like multi-language subtitles, or facts on actors / previous plot reminders.
Or, you know, you could just watch the movie.
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
This has been posted 10 times probably in this thread, but ideally an eyeglass wearing Glass wearer would just have one pair of glasses on their person most of the time. Most of us who wear eyeglasses keep a spare pair in the glove compartment if our prescription is severe enough, and you'd think that a Glass wearer would understand the social issues around Glass enough to keep another pair nearby, but if I went all-in on Glass, I probably wouldn't have another pair in my pocket - and despite allegations to the contrary, I don't carry a murse.
The idea behind Glass is that you just wear them. They become the norm.
Look, I'm with you. I agree that you should have the foresight to put on your normal glasses when you go to the theater - the same sort of foresight that says, "Hey, 3D movie, maybe I'll wear my contacts today, because 3D glasses." - but if you're all-in on Glass, you've probably just adapted to the fact that they're just your glasses.
Yet another reason to watch movies at home.
I haven't been in a movie theater in at least 4 years and can't say I miss them. Overpriced tickets, grossly overpriced undercooked popcorn, nasty people who call/text/fax/mail halfway through the movie and idiots bringing kids.
I'll wait until it's either on Netflix, Amazon instant, or The Pirate Bay.
I'm not a complete idiot... Some parts are missing.
Absolutely. I don't even own google glass on the premise that it might make me violently nauseous, but if I saw someone kicked out for it I'd make a shit-storm, UNLESS he was also bothering other people, then he's on his own. I'm not about to enable anyone to set policy like this or set a precedent for toleration.
It would require an external battery pack (very possible) and an asbestos pad between the glass and the wearer's head. It actually would probably shut down from overheating. It doesn't like running and charging at the same time, and I think recording that much video would overheat it anyway.
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Perhaps they shouldn't have forked out for a pair of glasses they knew were banned from movie theaters?
Because I base all of my life choices based on what is (currently) acceptable in movie theaters... (smh)
let's ban people too! , movies are being recorded by their brains
I do not believe a single Google glass wearer is surprised that they may be asked to remove them at a theater, bar, or restaurant. It's been all over the news since the thing was first released. I place these google glass wearers in the same category as smokers who are surprised that they have lung cancer.
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The theaters kind of do care actually. I’d put money down that every screening has the date/time and theater’s location and/or ID steganographed into the video and audio. When something gets cammed and leaked, the *AA knows what theater f-d up and the theater knows who was on duty when it happened. I’m positive there are contractual stipulations with respect to how much the theater chain pays when they f-up, how many times they can f-up before being penalized in terms of not getting first-run movies, and how close to zero tolerance they have for employees who let it happen on their watch.
The tech to do it is TRIVIAL considering they’re already doing per-viewing DRM to unlock the encrypted digital copies stored on-site. Just post-process the A/V while you’re playing it back. Simple
You're entitled to your opinion. Don't be surprised when you are asked to leave too. We are all adults (well most of us) and we know what signs mean. You don't have to agree with them, but you are free to spend you money elsewhere.
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I'm pretty sure they'd ask you to remove your GoPro-equipped helmet, too.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is kinky.
Because Go-Pro is also designed to be small and hidden and marketed to be worn everywhere.
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So lets see what evidence we have.
Given Hollywood accounting means no movie ever makes a profit, whether cam'd or not, this appears to show that they lose no profits from anything outside.
Bugger all evidence from you.
So HOW THE FUCK do you come up with the "thought" that they would lose money???
Get a fucking clue. Your revenues aren't what you want them to be because you don't enforce any of the "common courtesy" rules in your theaters. Talkers, texters, and lately, vapers, have ruined my experience every time I've visited one of your mainstream theaters. With an arguably superior presentation platform available in my house, why would I pay good money to be annoyed throughout the movie in your theater?
I had my iPad bag searched going in to watch The Giver a couple of months ago. My group of four respectable looking 30-something’s who were having a conversation about the book it was based on at the time, were physically blocked by the Rent-a-Truncheon(tm) who demanded to paw though my stuff before I could be permitted to walk in. They’d already taken our tickets, so I wouldn’t even have been permitted to run it back out to the car without paying for a second ticket. He pointedly gestured at the “Absolutely no re-entry!” sign when I stated that’s what I wanted to do.
You’ll never catch me at that theatre again. I have to just about be bodily dragged to a theater anyways, and I’m kind of a stickler when it comes to being secure in my person and effects...
And clearly teenagers who can neither get to a theater nor pay for a ticket are exactly the untapped segment of the customer base that the MPAA is just dying to...... no... wait...
I don't disagree there either.
I'm just saying that the idea behind Glass is just that they become some sort of ubiquitous thing on your face. I forget I'm wearing my own eyeglasses pretty much constantly.
You got mislead by the trollish title. They didn't ban people from bringing in a Google Glass, you just have to put it away and not wear/use it during the movie. Just like a cellphone. The theaters forbid you from holding up your cellphone and recording currently also.
Those folks who happen to have foolishly put Google Glass onto a prescription set of corrective lenses (and not carry a non-Glass set) will no longer be able to enjoy the movie now. Whether the Glass user was wise to attach their device to prescription lenses is an question left for the reader.
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I may be able to see your point if they just arbitrarily picked you out of a crowd, but if they went through the trouble of placing signs up at the entrance informing you of their restrictions then I'll have to side with them.
By having the sign out front saying no recording devices
Are they enforcing this restriction consistently? Are they allowing people to bring other recording devices, like smartphones, into the theater?
What exactly is the restriction?
If it's "no recording devices", then they're enforcing it selectively and I can see why people would be upset.
If it's "no recording the movie", then they're enforcing it prematurely/incorrectly and I can see why people would be upset.
If it's "no glassholes", then that's rather arbitrary and I can see why people would be upset.
If it's "no recording devices aimed at the movie regardless of whether or not they are recording", then I suppose it remains to be seen what they'd do about someone sitting there with their phone aimed at the movie (but not recording).
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...but FUCK YOU MPAA.
$10 ticket, $10 popcorn, $10 soda to sit in shitty seats, have crappy sound, sticky floor to watch what's likely an execrable film for what, 90 minutes?
No thanks.
I'll either watch it at home, or if I *really* want that AUTHENTIC experience, I'll go to http://take-up.org/ where this group rents out otherwise-unused tiny (50 seat?) mid-20thC theaters iin Mpls neighborhoods to show 35mm projector classics on the Big Screen like Casablanca, Buckaroo Banzai, Yojimbo, or Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. $25 for 5 tickets, plus a concession stand that sells normal candy at decent prices AND Coca Cola with sugar.
It's a great experience, and if it wasn't 40 miles from my house, I'd go multiple times/month.
So truly, fuck the MPAA and their whole crew.
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I mean other than drunks and losers who can't find a babysitter. Fuck the MPAA fuck the movies fuck them all.
As has been said before (and roundly ignored), they're not keeping you from bringing Glass into the theatre; they just want you to turn it off and put it away. Just like your cellphone.
Since someone wearing Google Glass will probably lead to me having a fistfight with them.
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This means there will be less shakey-cam dumps on Pirate Bay and more quality transfers.
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I'm upset and I don't own a Google Glass or know anyone who does.
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Since the MPAA doesn't pay the theater employees there's no chance in hell they're going to be able to enforce this any better than they do pre-existing recording technologies. Most people working at movie theaters wouldn't know what google glass is if it slapped them in the face. This is utter nonsense.
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Yeah, but that would not be instant clickbait news.
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Segway did not consider the implications of being a pioneer in electric scooters and the mish-mash of local laws. Google is likewise pioneering more seamless wearable/camera based device, but didn't consider (or with hubris, thought they could muscle through) the implications of having folks walking around with cameras potentially on all the time. There isn't even any surefire way to be sure that a Glass user is or is not recording.
The really frustrating part, is that I would really love Glass if I could only get a version that didn't have the camera. I don't want to be part of any panopticon, but having a heads-up display with latest emails, texts, weather (or hell, anything you might have on your lock screen widgets), etc - I'd have been all over that.
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and neither is a $15 movie ticket, a $6 popcorn, a $5 drink, a $4 candy bar....
Actually with right apps it can be a great experience enhanced by delivering personalized content during the movie. Like multi-language subtitles, or facts on actors / previous plot reminders.
Or, you know, you could just watch the movie.
Some people may need subtitles to "just watch the movie".
Good nazi.
The MPAA went on to mandate
(1) Ebola workers must be quarantined, without access to internet, for 21 days after crossing any international border,
(2) Those who abstain from visiting a movie theater for three or more consecutive months will be required to pay the MPAA a convenience fee $47 per month, and
(3) P2P computer communications are banned. To facilitate enforcement, all TCP/IP packets will hereafter be routed through MPAA servers, where they may, at MPAA's option, be forwarded to their destination address.
Any intelligent person would have two sets of glasses so that if one breaks or otherwise can't be used; there is a back up. And before you go and say, "well what if they don't have enough money to buy two pairs?" If they can afford google glasses they sure as hell can afford some cheapo hour eyes glasses.
Afford a second pair of glasses, yes. Carry a second pair with you at all times just in case some idiotic movie cartel decides that they don't like the pair you're wearing, no. With this rule, for Glass users, going to the movie theater becomes a bit like going to the airport. You have to think about it ahead of time, to make sure you aren't carrying prohibited items, and to make sure you have all the extra items you're going to need to have with you. Gone are the days when those folks can walk by the movie theater and think, "Oh, that sounds like a cool movie. I think I'll watch it now." Going to the movies becomes a production, which means Glass users will be much less likely to go to the theater in the future.
Then again, most Glass users probably gave up on movie theaters long ago. It seems to mostly be a place that teenagers hang out, plus a place for people to take their kids, and anyone who can afford Glass probably is not a teenager, and probably does not have kids, statistically speaking. :-D
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Then you made a choice (and I might argue a stupid one), and you get to deal with the consequences. Them's the breaks. It's not like different people's and business' issues with Glass hasn't been reported on and publicized since they first came out. Whether or not a Blood-red shirt is my only shirt, I'm not going to go into Crips gang territory while wearing it.
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
I do not believe a single Google glass wearer is surprised that they may be asked to remove them at a theater, bar, or restaurant. It's been all over the news since the thing was first released. I place these google glass wearers in the same category as smokers who are surprised that they have lung cancer.
I also ride a motorcycle. I have glasses appropriate for that. They wrap around the face. They also block some sunlight. Some places say I have to remove my sun glasses to come in. I know this, and see it from time to time. However, I remove myself along with my glasses. I am not going to bring along a second pair just to accommodate someone who I was planning on giving money to.
Honestly, who wants to go to a theatre? Dirty floors, uncomfortable seats, jerkass patrons, outrageous prices for food and tickets... My living room is 10x better than any theatre in town. The MPAA is as doomed as a dodo if they're spending their time making rules about electronics in theaters. Soon, movie releases will mean internet releases, and no DRM has yet been invented that wasn't eventually cracked, so they're going to have to figure out how to make money selling things other than content, and we all know how well they've been doing at that so far. Keep doing useless things MPAA, you're dooming yourselves and I'll be happy to see you go.
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills
If a user has their Google Glass customized with prescription lenses, then forcing that user to remove the Google Glass in the theater or leave it in their car would violate the Americans with Disabilities Act and open the opportunity for a lawsuit against the theater and the MPAA
Oh it was obviously clickbait. They're not even actually banning Google Glass (any more than they're banning cellphones) - they just want it turned off.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is kinky.
Copyright infringement is not theft. Stop referring to it as such.
The geek has been fighting on this line since the days of the 300 baud dial-up modem. It plays well to his fellow geeks, but common usage ignores him.
I'm amazed anyone would want the stupid thing affixed to their frames at all times.
Does anyone go to movies in theaters any more?
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
Should Netflix send the MPAA a thank you card or a cake?
A pie would probably be preferred. We all know how untruthful cakes can be.
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Undercooked...popcorn...?
"Perhaps they shouldn't have forked out for a pair of glasses they knew were banned from movie theaters?"
Well, considering they were JUST NOW banned, Perhaps they should have hopped into their Time Machine and seen this would happen.
Actually, the MPAA inconveniencing their customers is fairly predictable by this point.
From the statement of the spokesperson, this really isn't because they think Google Glass is a threat. They are putting this in place so as future, higher quality devices come out, they are already covered.
Of course, this isn't going to do them any good when such future, higher quality devices are designed in such a way that unless the owner actually blabbed about it, no one would even know that they were wearing such a higher quality recording device. Surely the technology will advance to the point to where such devices will be so seamless in one's glasses or whatever it may be installed upon, that they will be undetectable.
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I pissed myself reading this! Luckily I was sitting in the theater reading Slashdot so I didn't ruin my own chair *golfclap*
Signs, signs, everywhere are signs blocking up the scenery, breaking my mind. Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?
Personally I'm upset that I don't own a Google Glass nor anyone who does. YMMV :D
I did some looking around about this. Movie theaters generally pop the popcorn in hot coconut oil that's been flavored like butter and colored yellow with carotene. Then, according to what I read in the comments here it often gets stored for a day or so, and then reheated just before being sold, with seasoned (eg Flavocol) salt added. So, if you turn up early to avoid standing in line, the popcorn you buy may not yet have gotten up to a temperature where the day old butter flavored coconut oil comes across as tasty.
How do you enforce that without a ban? Anyone can stick a bit of tape over the LED.
Glassholes are unwelcome visitors in many establishments, if someone is dependent on prescription glasses to the point where they must have them then they are morons for relying completely on a device they may be asked to remove.
Perhaps they shouldn't have forked out for a pair of glasses they knew were banned from movie theaters?
And then we can ban service dogs from restaurants, because blind people shouldn't have got a dog they knew were banned from restaurants.
Really - do people even bother recording movies at the theatre anymore? And what are they going to do when hearing aids eventually get Bluetooth or some other method of recording?
Running from new technology and burying your head in the sand has worked so very well for the MPAA so far. That must be why they keep at it. It's so very effective!
Burying your head in the sand, ignoring new technology has worked so well for the MPAA.
Because I base all of my life choices based on what is (currently) acceptable in movie theaters... (smh)
But they also get banned in bars, parties, etc... Pretty much any place where people don't like it when someone has a camera at them all the time.
I'm asking what the actual restriction is. Is pointing a smartphone at the screen (without actually recording anything) a violation of their policy or not?
Chuuch. Preach. Tabernacle.
For women, or rather women who carry purses, it's an easy thing to carry around two pairs of glasses. For guys, I see your point; but it's not so absolutely horrible. I, generally, keep my second pair in my car. This is so that if my normal pair breaks, is damaged, lost, etc. I can still drive home. Granted, there's a risk with that, car is stole, etc, etc. And there are some edge cases, like if you're in someone else's car. But at this point, you're using a very specific situation. You're out and about, without your car, and you decide to go see a movie. A movie that is set to show at a time that you are unable to go back home(or where ever) and get your back up pair of glasses before going to see the movie.
IDK, at that point if you really cared about it that much, the best option would be to get contacts and have non-prescription Google glasses.