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Turns 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.
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Subscribe to commentsDaveApr 15th 2009 2:43PM
What she did had NO criminal INTENT, which is REQUIRED for ANY criminal prosecution. So, technically, it was ILLEGAL to submit to Regal Cinema's vindictive pressure to file criminal charges rather than handle the case in civil court, which IS legal for cases with NO CRIMINAL intent. But its no FUN to have only civil penalties, its a lot more FUN to be purely VINDICTIVE and threaten prison sentences for civil offenses.
This sort of vindictive overkill usually results in alienating decent people, resulting in loss of customers, It also encourages acts of retaliation against the vengeful company, such as vandalizing theater seats and so on, costing the theater owners money. For one, I tend to believe in the Golden Rule, that vindictiveness and sadism should be returned in kind as a deterrent. So pray for the demise of Regal Cinema, a sadistic, vengeful, vindictive, profiteering company who sics police even on those without criminal intend, using public officials and taxpayer money to exact vengeance rather than take the case to civil court.
To Hell with them!!!
MazenAug 24th 2007 12:22PM
the movie business is a bunch of crap that only cares about their money and no one else
MusicAug 24th 2007 1:04PM
Exactly. they just want thier money, give this girl a break.
I swear, look at the story, where it says Transformers? Yeah, click it and it will get reviews...i think this is a bunch of crap!!!