{"id":11271,"date":"2024-02-14T23:33:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T23:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-backup-natoonline.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=11271"},"modified":"2024-03-11T22:07:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T22:07:17","slug":"movie-theft","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cinemaunited.org\/movie-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Theft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div  class='lhl-section lhl-component urbi-component front_view lhl_comp_width_full__content_wide lhl_spacing_t_00 lhl_spacing_b_10 lhl_spacing_l_00 lhl_spacing_r_00 section-background-t ' ><div class=\"lhl-component-inner lhl_plr_30 lhl_plr_0_@l\">\n    <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>Combating movie theft is one of our industry\u2019s top priorities.&nbsp; When someone intentionally photographs or records a movie\u2019s audio track or visuals, that person is engaging in illegal movie theft. Movie theft costs the film industry hundreds of millions a year from U.S. cinema ticket sales; globally, the cost is in the billions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working with the MPAA, Cinema United lobbied for a federal law specifically criminalizing camcorder theft in movie theaters, which President Bush signed into law on April 27, 2005 (See 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 2319B).&nbsp; Cinema United and its State and Regional Associations have also lobbied for state laws criminalizing camcorder theft in movie theatres and protecting our members\u2019 employees who take action to stop such theft.&nbsp; Such laws now exist in 41 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.&nbsp; Furthermore, Cinema United supported the Canadian effort to create a similar statute, and in June 2007, Canada passed anti-camcording legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Few issues are as bipartisan as fighting online theft, and Cinema United encourages our leaders on Capitol Hill to reach across the aisle to craft balanced IP enforcement 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