John Cornyn: “Absolutely not. The offense is only applicable to transmitting or copying a movie in a motion picture exhibition…”

“Absolutely not. The offense is only applicable to transmitting or copying a movie in a motion picture exhibition facility, which has to be a movie theater or similar venue ``that is being used primarily for the exhibition of a copyrighted motion picture.'' In the example of Best Buy--the store is being used primarily to sell electronic equipment, not to exhibit motion pictures. For the same reason, the statute would not cover a university student who records a short segment of a film being shown in film class, as the venue is being used primarily as a classroom, and not as a movie theater.”