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	<title>The Reel Blog &#187; Laws</title>
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		<title>Charges dismissed in Twilight recording case; Muvico and Summit release statements</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2009/12/11/charges-dismissed-in-twilight-recordinging-case-muvico-and-summit-release-statements/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you haven't heard, a young woman was arrested for recording a portion of Twilight: New Moon at Muvico's Rosemont, Illinois theater. After two weeks of the expected misinformed commentary in the press and on the Internet, the charges were dismissed today.

A Twilight fan site notes Summit Entertainment's reaction:


  In regards to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utah governor vetoes &#8220;Truth in Advertising&#8221; bill</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2009/03/26/utah-governor-vetoes-truth-in-advertising-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2009/03/26/utah-governor-vetoes-truth-in-advertising-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Utah Governor Jon Huntsman has vetoed H.B. 353, an amendment to Utah's Truth in Advertising law, that would declare that a deceptive trade practice occurs if a business publicly states that it will not sell a product labeled with an age restriction or advisory to anyone under the age specified and then in fact makes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why NC-17 matters</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/09/11/why-nc-17-matters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ang Lee has cut approximately 30 minutes from his Venice Film Festival winner Lust, Caution in order for it to play on Chinese screens.
 
China, which has no rating system requires all films to be suitable for all audiences or it will not be screened. According to Variety, the film may also be trimmed for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guilty Plea in Va. Movie Theft</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/08/21/guilty-plea-in-va-movie-theft/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You'll no doubt remember the case of Jhannet Sejas, the young woman arrested for recording a portion of Transformers at Regal's Ballston Common multiplex in Arlington, Va. She entered a guilty plea. After one year, if she remains out of trouble, her record will be expunged. Threat Level at Wired Blogs has the story.
 
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Stealing, Bad Stealing</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/08/03/good-stealing-bad-stealing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Laws]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Originally posted August 2nd, 2007 @ 10:01 am.)
 
A 19-year-old woman was arrested for recording part of Transformers at Regal's Ballston Common 12 in Arlington, VA July 17. The Washington Post has the story: 
 
 
  Sejas was enjoying the movie so much that she decided to film a short clip of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disney joins Universal in cutting smoking in movies</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/07/30/disney-joins-universal-in-cutting-smoking-in-movies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/07/30/disney-joins-universal-in-cutting-smoking-in-movies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disney announced yesterday it's banning smoking in Disney-branded films. According to the Hollywood Reporter: 
 
 
  "The Walt Disney Co. shares your concern regarding deaths due to cigarette smoking," Iger wrote to (Congressman Ed) Markey. "We discourage depictions of cigarette smoking in Disney, Touchstone and Miramax films. In particular, we expect that depictions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pirate Radio</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/07/19/pirate-radio/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/07/19/pirate-radio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[KCRW's The Business, hosted by Claude Brodesser-Akner, takes an in-depth look at the ways and means of movie theft on its July 16 broadcast.&#160; The show goes out on the streets of downtown&#160;L.A. to purchase&#160;illegally camcorded DVDs of Spider-man 3, Knocked Up (it turns out to be Charlotte's Web)&#160;and Ratatouille while&#160;they were&#160;still in movie theatres, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pirates &#8211; accidental and arrested</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/07/06/pirates-accidental-and-arrested/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/07/06/pirates-accidental-and-arrested/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Die Hard was living free on the internet - unthinkingly posted on an independent film upload site - according to Variety's Anne Thompson. Iklipz discovered the posting, removed it and alerted the film's distributor. 
 
New York gave its municipal anti-camcording law its first workout Monday night at a screening of Transformers when NYPD caught [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NC-17 &#8211; Use It or Lose It</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/06/20/nc-17-use-it-or-lose-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/06/20/nc-17-use-it-or-lose-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entertainment Weekly posts a provocative dissection of the movie rating system from its June 22 edition online. 
 
Writer Mark Harris, prompted by the extreme and sexualized violence of Hostel II receiving an R rating, puts his finger firmly on some of the weaknesses of the rating system as it now exists: 
 
 
 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Una dia sin cinema</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/06/15/una-dia-sin-cinema/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/06/15/una-dia-sin-cinema/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spanish cinemas have gone on strike. 
 
For a day, anyway. Variety reports on plans for a Monday closure of Spanish movie theaters to protest the government's new draft film law. The somewhat hard-pressed exhibition sector is upset that some long-standing concerns are either being ignored or implemented in ways they see as detrimental to [...]]]></description>
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