Posted to binaryfreedom.info main page and announce list. Dugg. Comrade Ringo Kamens
On 8/8/07, Elizabeth Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tell your friends, Digg it, and check it out on BoingBoing: > > http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/08/boycott_regal_cinema.html > > > On 8/8/07, Fred Benenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Free Culture.org, > > > > Click here to help publicize this story: > > > > > http://digg.com/movies/Help_Fight_Draconian_Zero_Tolerance_Piracy_Laws_and_Boycott_Regal_Cinemas > > > > --- > > > > > http://www.freeculturenyu.org/2007/08/08/boycott-regal-cinemas/ > > > > Free Culture @ NYU is joining the call for a chain wideboycott of Regal > Cinemas over their draconian punishment of a 19 year-old girl caught taping > 20 seconds of the Transformers film. We demand that Regal Cinemas drop all > charges against Jhannet Sejas, and that the entertainment group issue a full > apology to the teen. > > > > From a recent Washington Post article on Jhannet's arrest: > > > > > > "I was terrified," said Sejas, her voice breaking. "I was crying. I've > never been in trouble before." She said the assistant manager of the theater > saw her holding up the Canon Power Shot and reported it to the general > manager, who called police. > > > > Sejas said she had no intention of selling the 20-second film clip. She > just wanted to show it to her 13-year-old brother, who had said he wanted to > see the movie. She was shocked when the officers showed up. > > > > Sejas faces up to a year in jail and a fine of up to $2,500 when she goes > to trial this month in the July 17 incident. Arlington police spokesman John > Lisle said it was the decision of Regal Cinemas Ballston Common 12 to > prosecute the case, a first for Arlington police. > > > > While the question of whether or not Jhannet's Transformers clip counts as > fair use (it is our opinion that it does, as it is private, non-commercial > use of an unsubstantial portion of the original), there is another question > we should be asking, and that is whether or not we should be patronizing a > corporation that insists on pressing charges against someone who is clearly > not the intended target of anti-piracy laws. Regal Cinemas should be ashamed > of itself and its silly zero-tolerance policy. > > > > Here's a list of Regal Cinemas in New York City that you should not > patronize: > > > > > > Regal Union Square Stadium 14 > > 850 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 > > > > Regal E-Walk Stadium 13 > > 247 W. 42nd St., New York, NY 10036 > > > > Regal Battery Park Stadium 11 > > 102 North End Ave., New York, NY 10281 > > > > UA 64th St and 2nd Ave > > 1210 Second Ave., New York, NY 10021 > > > > UA East 85th St > > 1629 First Ave., New York, NY 10028 > > > > UA Court Street Stadium 12 > > 108 Court St., Brooklyn, NY 11201 > > > > UA Kaufman Astoria Stadium 14 > > 35-30 38th St., Astoria, NY 11101 > > > > Regal Atlas Park Stadium 8 > > 80-28 Cooper Avenue, Glendale, NY 11385 > > > > UA Brandon Cinemas > > 70-20 Austin St., Forest Hills, NY 11375 > > > > UA Midway Stadium 9 > > 108-22 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills, NY 11375 > > > > UA Sheepshead Bay Stadium 14 > > 3907 Shore Pkwy., Brooklyn, NY 11235 > > > > UA Staten Island Stadium 16 > > 2474 Forest Ave., Staten Island, NY 10303 > > > > UA Hylan Plaza 5 > > 107 Mill Road, Staten Island, NY 10306 > > > > Click here for a page where you can find Regal Cinemas in your area. > > > > We wish Jhannet the best of luck in defending herself against Regal > Cinemas and hope that the chain will soon realize how inappropriate and > sadistic its actions were. > > > > > > Thanks and good luck!Fred Benenson > > President, Free Culture @ NYU > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
