Cinema Owners Seek to Curb Phone Rage

New Zealand cinema owners may use mobile phone jamming technology to stop mid-movie calls, text messaging — and cell phone rage among patrons, reports the Associated Press.

"The national Motion Pictures Exhibitors Association said it's studying the legality of using mobile phone jammers because of the disruption from the phones during movie screenings.

Association spokesman Duncan Mackenzie said the jammers could be used in the 200-member group's cinemas round the country.

Mobile phones in cinemas were a "huge disruption" to moviegoers, Mackenzie said."

"Even texting creates so much light and it's unfair to expect that people should have to put up with it," he said."

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emily | 8:32 AM | Technology |
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