Sejas of course had no intention on selling the 20-second clip. I mean, who would even purchase such a thing? And for once, the MPAA are not the ones to blame. Regal Cinemas Ballston Common 12 decided to prosecute the case.
I think that everyone should boycott the Regal Cinemas movie theater chain until they drop the charges. A “zero-tolerance policy at the theater level†is ridiculous, and I encourage /Film readers to stay away from Regal until they decide to change their policy and reverse their decision.
http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/02/boycott-regal-cinemas-teen-arrested-for-recording-20-second-movie-clip/.
I mean, recording a movie onto your powershot camera is pretty stupid, but sending somebody to jail over it is stupider.