Really. Never mind the fact that most cammed movies online are filmed in countries that use Cyrillic.
Woman arrested for theater "Twilight" taping
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Thank goodness this dangerous criminal is off the streets so decent citizens like yourself can use bigoted slurs and laugh about rape in peace.
You're welcome to express an opinion. However, if this is how you're going to express it you can keep it to yourself. Do it again and it's an infraction for posting inappropriate material.
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Finally, we have more details from this article.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1916606,twilight-taping-arrest-movie-120209.article
So, anyone still lambasting her for being a "silly woman"?
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1916606,twilight-taping-arrest-movie-120209.article
So, anyone still lambasting her for being a "silly woman"?
Yes, I think she was more than silly to have tried recording anything in that area given the state of the industry these days with regards to piracy. Maybe she wasn't trying to pirate the film, but come on... when you know ahead of time that measures are being taken to prevent such, then you're at fault if you still try to record anything in that vicinity and get caught. And that assumes she is actually telling the truth. She probably is, but it's easy to be midlead ina story that paints how we're supposed to feel about its subject.
Now the resulting charge here and the sentence that goes with it do seem overkill given what she was actually doing. But she still was pretty stupid for even trying that regardless of whether the theatre was overreacting or not
Now the resulting charge here and the sentence that goes with it do seem overkill given what she was actually doing. But she still was pretty stupid for even trying that regardless of whether the theatre was overreacting or not
Eh, she's still an idiot. Ok, so she wasn't bootlegging but then she's more of an idiot because a smart person would think "If I operate a video camera inside a movie theater auditorium someone may get the wrong idea and I may get in trouble."
I think she was stupid for recording inside of the theater, with that said, the three years prison sentence is a bit much, considering I've seen drunk drivers who've actually hit people get lighter sentences (sad, huh?). Continuing onwards, I think its pretty sad the initial article all but provided her address, I wonder if she has overly obsessed twilight fans harassing her.
What, a 23 year old woman taping at a Twilight movie wasn't part of a piracy ring?
Stupid law.
Stupid theater staff.
Oblivious woman, sure, but in my book she's the least at fault over this bullshit.
Have fun *fapping* to the thought of this young woman being tossed in jail for a couple of days over this you deluded copyright nazis.
Stupid law.
Stupid theater staff.
Oblivious woman, sure, but in my book she's the least at fault over this bullshit.
Have fun *fapping* to the thought of this young woman being tossed in jail for a couple of days over this you deluded copyright nazis.
Yeah! Stupid law preventing people from getting the means to profit off others' work!
Yeah! Stupid theater staff for compling with the law!
Yeah! She's the least at fault! I mean, sure, she's the one that broke the law but THEY made her do it!
What's it like living in a world oblivious to common sense?
"Copyright nazis," fucking seriouslly?! We're "nazis" because we believe in people who work on projects for the better part of two years deserve to be paid for it and realize they won't get paid if someone can just get a copy off the 'net?
Copyrights exsist for a reason. Laws exsist for a reason.
This woman didn't practice basic common sense.
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I didnt have any trouble getting Star Trek last time at my local Video-Taping-Latest-Releases place...
Did you even read the update? The portions of the movie that were filmed were utterly incidental. This was not piracy. If it's written in a way where such incidental taping results in you getting tossed in jail, it's a shit law.
Theater staff isn't law enforcement. Since this woman wasn't doing anything harmful they really shouldn't have bothered to call the police on this. So yes. They are stupid.
Her stupidity for not knowing the details of some idiotic law pales in comparison to the logic that made some of these laws, and certainly pales compared to the stupidity of the staff actually detaining this person and calling the police.
She wasn't pirating the movie, so why the fuck do you want her in jail? This story doesn't even touch upon actual piracy, which is another debate entirely.
She looks very young.... since she's a celebrity now here's her FB page:
http://www.facebook.com/people/Samantha-Tumpach/100000046804464
When I was that young I was doing really stupid stuff, too.
I don't think theaters should be doing any more to deter people from coming to watch films (as suggested by other posters, to check one's cell phone at the door, etc) from what I understand they have a hard time making a profit... even with inflated concession stand snacks. If I have to hand over my bag and phone etc. to underpaid theatre workers to lose through incompetence and mismanagement, I'm quite happy to curl up at home instead with microwave popcorn and a DVD.
The administrators of this theater are trying to set a precedent. Too bad they didn't have an actual pirate... instead of a young person doing something stupid.
Really, if being stupid were punishable by law, the streets would be nearly empty.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Samantha-Tumpach/100000046804464
When I was that young I was doing really stupid stuff, too.
I don't think theaters should be doing any more to deter people from coming to watch films (as suggested by other posters, to check one's cell phone at the door, etc) from what I understand they have a hard time making a profit... even with inflated concession stand snacks. If I have to hand over my bag and phone etc. to underpaid theatre workers to lose through incompetence and mismanagement, I'm quite happy to curl up at home instead with microwave popcorn and a DVD.
The administrators of this theater are trying to set a precedent. Too bad they didn't have an actual pirate... instead of a young person doing something stupid.
Really, if being stupid were punishable by law, the streets would be nearly empty.
Did theater employees didn't know that. They saw someone taping in the movie theater, which is going to set-off alarm bells. Taping in a movie theater is illegal.
We all have a duty to society to report crime. Since police officers don't routinely patrol in theater auditoriums, who else is going to call the police when something illegal is happening?
Ignorance of a law isn't an excuse.
I don't want her in jail. I'm just saying she was breaking a law and the theater had to make a decision, they made the "right one." And as a result the justice system and process has revealed what was happening and no intent to break a law took place so, yeah, she shouldn't go to jail.
You're Michael Eisner, aren't you?
Charges dropped in 'New Moon' incident
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i719dc07a203bf2ec725765d2127edb3d
So much bitching over nothing. Maybe the theater will go after a real pirate next time and learn to kick out teens doing something stupid.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i719dc07a203bf2ec725765d2127edb3d
So much bitching over nothing. Maybe the theater will go after a real pirate next time and learn to kick out teens doing something stupid.
I was expecting at least probation or a fine. Dropping the charges wasn't unreasonable considering the facts of the case. However, what she did was illegal, so there was nothing wrong with the initial arrest. Really something she shouldn't have been doing.