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June 27, 2004
DON'T TAKE YOUR CAMCORDER TO A THEATER
TAKING A CUE FROM SEINFELD
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill (S1932) cracking down on movie piracy that the motion picture industry says costs Hollywood studios billions of dollars. The legislation would make it a crime to record movies in theaters or screening rooms and allow prison sentences of as many as three years for a first offense and six years for subsequent convictions. A separate bill the Senate passed unanimously will allow the Justice Department to bring civil copyright- infringement cases.
Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 04:07 PM.
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