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H.B. 279

This document includes House Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Tue, Feb 6, 2007 at 2:45 PM by jeyring. -->              1     

CAMCORDER PIRACY OF MEDIA

             2     
2007 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Kevin S. Garn

             5     
Senate Sponsor: Gregory S. Bell

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill modifies Title 13, Commerce and Trade, by prohibiting the recording of a
             10      motion picture being displayed in a theater and providing criminal penalties.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    provides definitions;
             14          .    establishes the offense of using any H. camcorder or similar .H device to record
             14a      or transmit a motion picture
             15      displayed in a motion picture theater;
             16          .    provides that the first offense is a class A misdemeanor and any subsequent
             17      violation is a third degree felony;
             18          .    provides for detention of the offender by the theater owner or employee while law
             19      enforcement is contacted;
             20          .    provides protection from liability for an employer or employee who in good faith
             21      detains a person; and
             22          .    exempts law enforcement and investigation operations acting within the motion
             23      picture theater.
             24      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             25          None
             26      Other Special Clauses:
             27          None


             28      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             29      ENACTS:
             30          13-10b-101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             31          13-10b-102, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             32          13-10b-201, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             33          13-10b-301, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             34          13-10b-302, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             35          13-10b-401, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             36     
             37      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             38          Section 1. Section 13-10b-101 is enacted to read:
             39     
CHAPTER 10b. UNLAWFUL RECORDING OF A MOTION PICTURE

             40     
Part 1. General Provisions

             41          13-10b-101. Title.
             42          This chapter is known as "Unlawful Recording of a Motion Picture."
             43          Section 2. Section 13-10b-102 is enacted to read:
             44          13-10b-102. Definitions.
             45          As used in this chapter:
             46          (1) "Audiovisual recording function" means the capability of a device to record or
             47      transmit a motion picture or any part of the motion picture by means of any technology.
             48          (2) "Motion picture theater" means a movie theater, screening room, or other venue
             49      that is being utilized primarily for the exhibition of a motion picture at the time of the
             50      commission of an offense under Section 13-10b-201 .
             51          (3) "Owner or employee" means the owner or lessee of a motion picture theater, or the
             52      authorized agent or employee of the owner or lessee.
             53          Section 3. Section 13-10b-201 is enacted to read:
             54     
Part 2. Penalties

             55          13-10b-201. Unlawful recording of a motion picture -- Penalties.
             56          (1) It is unlawful for any individual to knowingly operate the audiovisual recording
             57      function of any H. camcorder or similar .H device in a motion picture theater:
             58          (a) while a motion picture is being exhibited; and


             59          (b) without the consent of the motion picture theater owner or operator.
             60          (2) (a) A violation of this section is a class A misdemeanor.
             61          (b) A second or subsequent violation of this section is a third degree felony.
             62          Section 4. Section 13-10b-301 is enacted to read:
             63     
Part 3. Detention and Immunity

             64          13-10b-301. Detention of suspect by owner or employee.
             65          (1) Any owner or employee who has probable cause to believe that an individual has
             66      unlawfully recorded a motion picture under Section 13-10b-201 may detain the individual, on
             67      or off the premises of the motion picture theater, in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable
             68      length of time to:
             69          (a) make reasonable inquiry as to whether the individual has in his possession a device
             70      that may reasonably be used in violation of Section 13-10b-201 ;
             71          (b) request identification;
             72          (c) verify the identification;
             73          (d) make a reasonable request of the individual to place or keep in full view any device
             74      that the employer or employee has reason to believe the individual may have used in violation
             75      of Section 13-10b-201 ; and
             76          (e) (i) inform a peace officer of the detention of the individual and surrender that
             77      individual to the custody of a peace officer; or
             78          (ii) in the case of a minor, inform a peace officer, the parents, or the legal guardian of
             79      this detention and to surrender custody of the minor to the responding individual.
             80          (2) An employer or employee may make a detention under Subsection (1) off the
             81      premises of the motion picture theater only if the detention is pursuant to the immediate pursuit
             82      of the individual that the employer or employee has reason to believe has violated Section
             83      13-10b-201 .
             84          Section 5. Section 13-10b-302 is enacted to read:
             85          13-10b-302. Immunity of owner or employee who contacts law enforcement.
             86          The owner or employee of a motion picture theater who advises a law enforcement
             87      agency of an alleged violation of this section is not liable in any civil action that arises out of
             88      detaining an individual under Section 13-10b-301 whom the owner or employee reasonably
             89      believes to have violated Section 13-10b-201 , unless the plaintiff shows by clear and


             90      convincing evidence that the measures were manifestly unreasonable or the period of detention
             91      was unreasonably long.
             92          Section 6. Section 13-10b-401 is enacted to read:
             93     
Part 4. Law Enforcement Actions

             94          13-10b-401. Law enforcement functions exempt.
             95          This part does not prohibit any lawful investigation or collection of evidence by a
             96      federal, state, or local law enforcement or investigative agency by means of any audiovisual
             97      recording device used in a motion picture theater as part of investigative, protective, or law
             98      enforcement functions.




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