Ohio Also Passes Law Against Recording In Cinema 379
madmancarman writes "Following California's lead, Ohio has also passed a law making recording in a movie theatre a crime. A first offense would be punishable by six months in jail and up to $1,000 fine, which is lighter than the legislation introduced in Michigan that would bring up to 5 years in jail and a $250,000 fine. The most interesting quote concerns a study by AT&T Labs: 'Their conclusion: 77 percent of the films came from insider sources, either motion picture companies or theater employees taping from the projection booth.' I searched Ohio Gov. Bob Taft's press releases, but couldn't find any mention of it."
Re:Waste of taxpayer resources (Score:2, Funny)
OMG D00D (Score:1, Funny)
Re:This is news? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Jail??? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The real question is... (Score:3, Funny)
Cell phones (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Dont they use DVD Screeners? (Score:5, Funny)
or the days that you knew it was recorded in hong kong, when you can see the shadows of people's heads below the screen, and all of them are holding small camcorders.
Re:Jail??? (Score:3, Funny)
Could use it as advertising. Each one different. We're in favour of that, aren't we?
Seinfeld (Score:5, Funny)
Jerry: What do you mean he's bootlegging the movie?
Kramer: Well, it's a perfectly legitimate business.
Jerry: It's not legitimate.
Kramer: It's a business.
Jerry: I don't care about Brody. I was up on 96th Street today, there was a kid couldn't have been more than ten years old. He was asking a street vendor if he had any other bootlegs as good as Death Blow. That's who I care about. The little kid who needs bootlegs, because his parent or guardian won't let him see the excessive violence and strong sexual content you and I take for granted.
George: I'm a bootlegger.
Anna: You're a what?
George: I'm bootleggin' a movie, baby!
Anna: Isn't that illegal?
George: I can do hard time for this one. And community service!
Frank: I'm sitting at home, reading a periodical, and this is the call I get? My son is a bootlegger? (He hits George in the head)
George: Ow! Dad...
Frank: Who put you up to this, was it her?
Elaine: All right. Wait a minute. I think you've got it backwards.
Frank: My George isn't clever enough to hatch a scheme like this.
Elaine: You got that right.
Frank: What the hell does that mean?
Elaine: It means whatever the hell you want it to mean.
Frank: You sayin' you want a piece of me?
Elaine: I could drop you like a bag of dirt.
Frank: You wanna piece of me? You got it!
Re:This is news? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Jail??? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Waste of taxpayer resources (Score:2, Funny)
I don't even know where to start with this one.
Do you work for microsoft?
~dank
Re:Jail??? (Score:3, Funny)
Hello? Cruel and unusual?
Re:Overseas (Score:4, Funny)
First to go should be Norway, for harboring that well-known economic and computing terrorist, Johansen.
Re:Waste of taxpayer resources (Score:5, Funny)