Taping a Birthday Party + 4 Minutes of New Moon Scenes = Arrest and Prison Time

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If you weren’t sure just how preposterous and draconian copyright legislations are, then feast your eyes on this example of human horror.

According to the Chicago’s Sun Times, 22-year old Samantha Tumpach was taping her sister’s birthday party at the local cineplex, catching glimpses of New Moon film during the Happy Birthday song. An employee, most likely one of those poor teens who work for minimum wage and smell of popcorn palm oil grease, caught the glimpse of her handy-cam and called authorities.

Now, Tumpach faces severe charges for recording less than 4 minutes of New Moon, a film production that is not worth anyone’s time or money. She is looking at up to three years in prison, and has been charged with felony. Who’s the vampire now? [Sun Times

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  • nerdherd

    new moon is such a piece of shit – why would any turd turn someone in for 4 minutes worth of footage and why the hell would anyone be facing jail over shit like this? I am seriously planning on moving, or maybe starting my own country. Bet they don’t do this kind of crap in Cuba.

  • ninjagrl

    cuba. bet they do that kind of stuff in Cuba. How else would they maintain such control over their population.

    That aside, it feels like we’re living in some kind of cubano version of Us anyways. All my rights as an individual have been recently stomped on by corporations who then appropriately come begging for money every day or two. I am developing turrets

  • wil.red

    i’m sure that things can get much worse than this. much, much worse.but you must realize that the awards for reporting are like 800 bucks and for the employees who stink of popcorn grease every day, that’s a lot of dough – like a whole month of wages.

  • noonima

    I’ve sort of enjoyed the girly cheese of some of the stuff related to New Moon, but compared to Buffy, this series of books and films is a FAIL