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Old Jun 5, 2012, 10:21 pm
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saulblum
 
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Originally Posted by tkey75
Saul, you fell into the exact trap the TSA set. spades is correct, recordings in private screenings, which are the specific scenarios/locations the sign refers to, have always been prohibited.
Then why is the sign posted in the public area?

Even if that is the intention of the sign's wordings -- though as InkUnderNails pointed out, if the private screening is truly private, then other passengers will not be able to see it anyway -- I have no problem envisioning a TSO moving the sign from the private area to the public area to intimidate passengers into not recording.
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