Is movie hopping illegal?
- Thread starter FleshLight
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i doubt you would get charged w/ a criminal anything... but you will prob get banned from the theater
Yes it is illegal, it's petty theft. Many theatres do prosecute, btw (having worked at one a long time ago, I remember our manager called the police for anyone he caught)
Bill
Hmmm. Well can't you just leave the theater when they call the cops? And can't you just say you lost your ticket so that the cops have to prove that you didn't buy a ticket for that movie? And yes I practice this immoral practice
. I'm a bad person.
BeauJangles
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Originally posted by: FleshLight
Hmmm. Well can't you just leave the theater when they call the cops? And can't you just say you lost your ticket so that the cops have to prove that you didn't buy a ticket for that movie? And yes I practice this immoral practice
everybody does stuff like this at least once... don't be fooled by the moral zealots here. I agree, it would be hard to prove that you didn't pay for the ticket, and, if i was caught, i would definately run.
it's illegal but i know plenty of people that do it anyways. If they catch you and want to press charges they certainly can. In my experience they just ask you to leave.
I hope you weren't including me in that, I was just reporting what the theatre I worked at did.
Bill
Turkish
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Originally posted by: FleshLight
Hmmm. Well can't you just leave the theater when they call the cops? And can't you just say you lost your ticket so that the cops have to prove that you didn't buy a ticket for that movie? And yes I practice this immoral practice
They can detain you, and most likely will. Businesses are often confronted with suits for false imprisonment after they have attempted to confine a suspected shoplifter for questioning. Under the priviledge to detain granted to merchants in some states, a merchant can use the defense of probable cause to justify delaying a suspected shoplifter. Probable cause exists when the evidence to support the belief that a person is guilty outweighs the evidence against that belief. The detention, however, must be conducted in a reasonable manner and for only a reasonable length of time.
Originally posted by: Xiety
Originally posted by: FleshLight
Hmmm. Well can't you just leave the theater when they call the cops? And can't you just say you lost your ticket so that the cops have to prove that you didn't buy a ticket for that movie? And yes I practice this immoral practice
They can detain you, and most likely will. Businesses are often confronted with suits for false imprisonment after they have attempted to confine a suspected shoplifter for questioning. Under the priviledge to detain granted to merchants in some states, a merchant can use the defense of probable cause to justify delaying a suspected shoplifter. Probable cause exists when the evidence to support the belief that a person is guilty outweighs the evidence against that belief. The detention, however, must be conducted in a reasonable manner and for only a reasonable length of time.
It is a tricky issue. Legally the business can ask you to stay, but if they touch you in an attempt to detain you then they can be held liable for battery and in some cases i've read, kidnapping, which by definition is forcibly detaining and moving a person against their will.
When i worked at a Major Computer retailer as part of the loss prevention i was told offically to not go after anyone or try and stop them, thou if i were to recover any of the stores product it would favor better for me.
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