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MPAA Bans Wearables in Movie Theaters

October 30, 2014 By Dan Rosenbaum

frames_curveThe trade associations of US movie studios and theaters have announced a ban on wearable technologies.

No, they’re not coming for your Fitbit (although do you have any idea how bad that popcorn is for you?). It’s Google Glass they’re more worried about. If you get caught recording a movie with your wearable, the new policy statement says there’s now “zero tolerance”: you’ll be asked to turn it off or put it away. If you don’t, the guidelines say you should get turned over to the local cops.

Recording a movie in a theater is a federal rap, with a maximum three-year penalty. Most states have laws against it, too. And really: the quality of theater recordings is just awful anyway. Now if only they’d enforce a policy against talking back to the screen…

 

Last updated by Dan Rosenbaum on October 30, 2014.

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