19 Year-Old Arrested, Charged for Recording 20 Seconds of 'Transformers' |
| Published: August 3, 2007, 7:01 am |
| Tags: jhannet sejas, jhannetsejas, movie piracy, moviepiracy, piracy, transformers |
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Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fandom, Exhibition, Politics, Comic/Superhero/GeekI think it's safe to say that the fear of movie piracy has officially gone too far. On July 17th, Marymount University sophomore Jhannet Sejas (pictured) was celebrating her 19th birthday with her boyfriend at a screening of Transformers. Sejas, a Bolivian immigrant working two part-time jobs to support her education, was loving the flick. She wanted to show her little brother a clip from the film to get him excited to see it, so she took out her digital camera and recorded 20 seconds of the climax. The assistant manager of the theater saw her use the camera and reported it to the general manager. The general manager decided to bypass such reasonable steps as a) asking her never to record in the theater again, b) asking her to erase the footage or c) asking her to leave the theater, and simply telephoned the police. Within minutes, two police officers entered the theater, confiscated the camera, and [ Full article ] |
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