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This is why I don’t go to the movies.

I can’t believe this lady let herself be muscled by a movie theater employee! I really can’t believe she handed her phone over to a stranger like that too. *Sheesh*
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The movies are a huge ripoff. We bought tickets to see alice 3d at IMAX and the tickets even said IMAX; but when we got there it was just a regular theatre, and not even in 3d. In fact, the IMAX in the building is the only one in the country that doesn’t show Alice.

Do we get our money back? No. Whatever.

Snatch a cell phone from MY hand? AMC droid would be learning to breathe with my hand crushing his windpipe.

I don’t agree with the phone snatching, but a private company has the right to prevent photography on its premises.

Call AMC corporate immediately and tell them you had a negative experience in their theater and you would like to talk with human resources Tell them that were taking photos for recreation in the lobby and what happend. THEY WILL FIRE this employee. The whole theater business is about providing an experience that will get you to come back. They depend on repeat customers.

On a Friday or a Sat. night I regularly saw hundreds of kids take cell phone photos of each other, movie posters and just goof off in the lobby waiting for their movie. NOT ONE of my workers would have ever been stupid enough to pull this….. .

I know because before I was a photojournalist I was a Regal Entertainment Group manager. If we caught someone recording a movie on a camera which we never did because most pirating is done before the movies are even released a REGULAR EMPLOYEES WERE LEGALLY NOT ALLOWED TO ASK FOR THE CAMERA OR DETAIN THE PERSON unless they were a sworn officer working a security detail.

Recording a movie on camera is a copyright violation and has even been criminalized. However taking a snapshot in the lobby may be against theater policy but there is no law against it.

As for taking pictures of logos or trademarks. There are no laws, civil or criminal, against that. There may be restrictions as to how the picture can be used (ie. you cannot use it in an ad campaign for another product), but taking the picture for personal or editorial use is perfectly legal.

If any theater employee ever tries to snatch a cellphone from my hands I will press charges for attempted robbery and assault.
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I’d hit ‘record’ on Cycorder, and walk away.

Again, theatre managers get paid what, $12/hr on the outiside? Why stress out? You’re not getting paid enough to.

If he touched me, I’d grab one of those velvet rope stanchions and go to town.

Not sure I’d phrase it as a “right to prevent photography.” They certainly have a right to tell you to immediately leave their property if they don’t like what you’re doing, but that is subtly different.

If I tell service employees that they have the “right to prevent photography,” I worry that they’ll take that literally, and feel empowered to physically prevent someone from snapping a photo. Thus becoming yet another entry on this blog.

Soooooooooo, kids under six years of age can attend R rated movies before 6 PM?