Teen Arrested for Recording 20 Second Movie Clip

The law that she is accused of violating was intended to prevent people from uploading and taking away revenue from the movie industry. In the end that is all they care about, how much money they made and i highly doubt that anyone will choose watching a 60 second camera phone clip over going to the theaters.

funny how the movie companies can have a clear black and white policy when it comes to camming films, but considers consumers fair use rights a gray area.

lol at the charges of "being a pirate" did they seize her eyepatch and wooden leg as evidence

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Originally Posted by spirex

lol at the charges of "being a pirate" did they seize her eyepatch and wooden leg as evidence

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:lol:

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Originally Posted by JordoR

Personally, I don't see why she shouldn't be punished. So what, she had no intention to sell it or post it on youtube or whatever, but still... she recorded it, and thats the law. What will be next? Someone will get off for only recording 1hr59mins59seconds of a 2 hour film, claiming that they didn't even record the whole thing... Just my thoughts. And yes it sucks that this happened to an innocent, but if she gets let off anybody actually guilty of it can just use a similar excuse, no?

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Piss off, hypocrite.


-bd :dabs:

Yeah so much for understanding on your part.

That's a load of crap. A fricking movie trailer can go on for longer, or teasers, and she's reprimanded for a 60 second clip.

wow that shits rediculous....lol

Man, the U.S needs to get its priorities straight...

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Originally Posted by Intervene

That's a load of crap. A fricking movie trailer can go on for longer, or teasers, and she's reprimanded for a 60 second clip.

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20.;)

I really don't like the idea that she is being arrested for something like copyright infringement. At the minute even judges cant decide what exactly is fair use and recording 20 seconds of a film may indeed fall into that category. So how anyone can be arrested charged and face the possibility of having her freedom taken away for something that even judges cant decide on what's right and wrong is insanity.

This girl should be released without charge and the law should be reviewed. If you are caught recording in a cinema with intent of piracy then yes its wrong and should be dealt with as a civil matter.

Next thing you know, they'll be demanding to wipe peoples memories of having seen a movie before they leave the cinemas so that they can't tell anyone what it was about :rolleyes: