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Theater Pushed for Teen's Prosecution in Piracy Case

Regal Cinemas Pushed for Teen's ProsecutionTurns out the prosecutor who recently got a 19-year-old girl to plead guilty of a misdemeanor crime for recording 20 seconds of 'Transformers' wasn't necessarily inclined to actually prosecute the case. While Jhannet Sejas admitted to recording the snippet, she obviously wasn't a movie pirate looking to sell it on a street corner. However, Richard E. Trodden did prosecute the case and reportedly received a bit of pressure to do so from Regal Cinemas, the company that owns the theater where the transgression took place. It is also the largest theater chain in the U.S.

Thankfully, a compromise was found in the sentencing that enabled her to pay only a $71 fine, keeping Sejas out of jail and allowing Regal to send a message that filming any portion of a film will not be ignored.

From Wired's Threat Level

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