Hollywood Trying To Get A Special Anti-Party Crashing Law
from the party-poopers dept
Apparently, the movie studio execs in Hollywood who brought you such classic films as The Wedding Crashers only likes to glorify the idea of crashing parties when it's not their parties. They've evidently convinced politicians representing the state of California that rather than fixing some of the massive problems with the bankrupt state, they should create a special new form of trespassing law to stop party crashers. Essentially, the movie studios are upset that people kept sneaking into their big awards shows and related events, and they don't feel that existing trespassing laws are enough, so they want to throw such party crashers in jail for six months. Nice to know that Hollywood, and the politicians who work for Hollywood, have their priorities straight.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Tsk Tsk
But yes the real shame is that politicians think that protecting Hollywood parties is more important than small stuff like budgets, crime, health care, etc....
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Not to mention the California is facing severe budget constraints as it is, so they think they need to spend more taxpayer money to confine trespassers longer?
Yeah, that's sensible.
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going rate
Does anyone have a current price list??
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Google, Facebook and others come behind with 3 million dollars together more or less.
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The same thing happens for the auto industry in Michigan or the farmers in Iowa.
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FTFY
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> their constituents.
I think the 39 million other people in California outnumber Hollywood in terms of constituency.
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Tuna should have said that they're there to listen to their *paying* constituents.
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> to their *paying* constituents.
Well, no. That may be the way they're behaving, but that's not their purpose.
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Phewww!
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Overcrowding
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Offense: Dismaying the Self-Righteous
That's exactly what California needs in its fiscal crisis: more prisoners incarcerated for victimless crimes.
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What? You call being exposed to the presence of commoners "victimless"?
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Its a problem
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Bad Hollywood,
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