UPDATE: Charges dropped in "New Moon" birthday party taping incident
Common sense prevails in the case described in my previous post and crossposted to unfunnybusiness on JournalFen. Hollywood Reporter: Charges dropped in 'New Moon' incident CHICAGO -- Charges have been dropped against a 22-year-old Chicago woman accused of videotaping part of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" at a movie theater. Cook County prosecutors on Friday announced in court that they won't pursue charges against Samantha Tumpach.
It helped that she had the support of the movie's director. Hollywood Reporter's THR, Esq. blog: Chris Weitz defends 'New Moon' pirate; Summit stays mum Samantha Tumpach, 22, claims she was merely filming scenes at a Chicago-area Muvico Theater for her sister's 29th birthday party. Now, after being arrested and charged with a rarely invoked felony designed to prevent movie bootlegging, Tumpach has attracted an ally in her defense. "New Moon" director Chris Weitz tells the Chicago Sun-Times that "the case seems to me terribly unfair and I would like to do what I can to address this."
More at the Chicago Tribune, which ends with a mention of a possible lawsuit against the theater. Techdirt is not optimistic about the suit's prospects. Thanks to manekikoneko for alerting me to the news that the charges against Samantha Tumpach had been dropped.
Crossposted to unfunnybusiness over on JournalFen. The article is awaiting moderation sparlefield on JournalFen. It never made it through moderation for unfunnybusiness. :-( It finally did, the day after I posted it on sparklefield. Slow moderation is slow.
It helped that she had the support of the movie's director. Hollywood Reporter's THR, Esq. blog: Chris Weitz defends 'New Moon' pirate; Summit stays mum Samantha Tumpach, 22, claims she was merely filming scenes at a Chicago-area Muvico Theater for her sister's 29th birthday party. Now, after being arrested and charged with a rarely invoked felony designed to prevent movie bootlegging, Tumpach has attracted an ally in her defense. "New Moon" director Chris Weitz tells the Chicago Sun-Times that "the case seems to me terribly unfair and I would like to do what I can to address this."
More at the Chicago Tribune, which ends with a mention of a possible lawsuit against the theater. Techdirt is not optimistic about the suit's prospects. Thanks to manekikoneko for alerting me to the news that the charges against Samantha Tumpach had been dropped.
Crossposted to unfunnybusiness over on JournalFen. The article is awaiting moderation sparlefield on JournalFen. It never made it through moderation for unfunnybusiness. :-( It finally did, the day after I posted it on sparklefield. Slow moderation is slow.