Check out this story over at Gizmodo. California (now with Arnold at the helm) has passed a law prohibiting recording devices from move theaters. Gizmodo notes, “The law is aimed at people using camcorders to bootleg films, but you could conceivably be thrown in jail for up to a year if you’re spotted with one of those new video cellphones or even a tape recorder.” Law goes into effect on January 1st.
Add this to my list of reasons for not having much desire to ever live in California. Although, I am worried that such a stupidly misaligned and redundant law (copyright already protects against the type of pirating towards which the law is aimed) will make its way east with MPAA money backing it.
I regularly, at the beginning of each film I see, pull out my 3650 and take a single snapshot of the projected image. Why? I’m not selling or using the image for profit. I am merely recording the smallest moment of what I have seen. Because I can…
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