http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2319B
In case anyone is wondering, that's the us federal law. Most States have individual laws that change the punishment.
In case anyone is wondering, that's the us federal law. Most States have individual laws that change the punishment.
Theatre owners can detain any suspected filmers, and can't be held liable for criminal or civil action arising out of it!
_Never_ go to the theater.
Oh wait...
But in this day and age a good thrashing on twitter and facebook usually ensues.
2. This law doesn't just permit theaters to detain you until the cops arrive; they're permitted to detain you for the sole purpose of questioning you. I think it's extraordinarily problematic for private security forces to be given the power to do that. Such a detention could go on indefinitely, leaving it up to a lawsuit to hash out whether it was "reasonable" or not. If they're just detaining you until the cops arrive, at least the length of detention is upper-bounded by the response time of the cops, and there's no opportunity for shady or coercive questioning techniques.