Senate Unanimously Passes Anti-Camcorder Bill

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Senate Unanimously Passes Anti-Camcorder Bill

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People who secretly videotape movies (Score:5, Funny)

by zakezuke ( 229119 ) writes: on Saturday June 26, 2004 @05:17AM (#9535871)

People who secretly videotape movies when they are shown in theaters could go to prison for up to three years under a bill approved unanimously by the U.S. Senate on Friday. ---TFA

This is good! It looks like if you blatently go in a theater and tape you are free in clear. Fuck this secret business, I want my cam download to look like MST3k with heckling. Oh, and the shadows of heads holding camcorders is a bonus for those of us who want that black space filled with something when we view in letterbox format.

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- Re:People who secretly videotape movies (Score:1)
  
  by Bandwidth_ ( 91035 ) writes:
  
  That brings up an interesting point. If you are parodying the movie whilst your filming would it be okay?
  - Re:People who secretly videotape movies (Score:2)
    
    by mrchaotica ( 681592 ) writes:
    
    Wow, now that's a good point - unfortunately, the only way to find out is to try it, get arrested, and then see what the courts say : (

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