The rights of Geeks

[Jamin W. Collins]

On Sat, May 17, 2003 at 03:08:33PM +1000, Darryl Smith wrote:
> Whilst I am not in favour of what the cinema did, I am in general in
> favour of their rights to be able to restrict laptops and cameras into
> a cinema. There is too much piracy of movies today, and this has an
> effect on the bottom line of the production. It is their right, and
> they are entitled to enforce their rights. Laptops, walkmans and
> cameras can be used to make copies of the content - an illegal act. It
> is just like not being permitted to take a recording device into a
> live concert.

The problem isn't really with what they have a "right" to do or not.
It's with the implementation.  Currently the implementation is
discriminatory.  I'll guarantee you that I could walk into 9 out of 10
theaters that claim to disallow laptops and have no problem getting mine
in.  On the other hand they stop laptops (or believe they do) but allow
all manner of other electronic devices that could be used for the same
feared purpose.

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Jamin W. Collins

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