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We were somewhat disturbed earlier this month to learn that a 19-year-old girl was charged with a misdemeanor crime for filming 20 seconds of 'Transformers' on her digital camera. She was shocked to find herself facing a $2,500 fine plus a year in prison for her crime, and, frankly, so were we. We are happy to report that she won't be seeing any jail time and her savings are safe. She did plead guilty, but won't face jail time. She was ordered to pay a $71 court fee and the misdemeanor will be removed from her record in 12 months.
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Subscribe to commentsDaveApr 15th 2009 2:44PM
Funny how so many people don't know anything about law and how many of those want to use the law vindictively against a person who had NO CRIMINAL INTENT - which is the legal requirement for a CRIMINAL charge vs. a civil court matter, where damages usually exceed any criminal fines. Intent is the critical element. Some people and companies just love to come down hard on others, but, of course, they are exempt if ever they get in trouble.
Taxpayers pay for prosecutions of criminal charges, the fines seldom cover the expense, whereas in civil cases, the loser has to pay for all costs plus damages, taxpayers pay zero. But Regal Cinema wants to use taxpayer money to sic police on people to scare them rather than collect damages that would far exceed any criminal fine. And Regal didn't collect a dime of that fine. And in this nation of vengeance seekers, where we put a much greater percentage of people in prison than any other country, its a lot more fun to threaten people who innocently do foolish things with prison, isn't it? It's interesting to read the comment of a vindictive hypocrite who sees things arbitrarily with zero understanding of criminal law vs. civil law to see why prisons are so full of warehoused inmates, provided with zero rehabilitation and instead learn crime, who leave prison with hatred on their minds. This was a civil matter, only prosecuted under pressure from a vindictive, malicious, powerful company which deserves to go out of business.
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MikeAug 22nd 2007 3:19PM
No cameras means no cameras! Guilty!