Re:Waste of taxpayer resources (Score 1)

To shoplift is to steal, and to steal is to wrongfully take. If permission is given by the owner of an item to take it, that is not stealing. The notion of having permission to shoplift is self-contradicting. That being said, it looks like this law is just another case of government over legislating. As others have pointed out, copyright infringement is already illegal. Singling out this form of recording over others is as result of stupid and power-hungry politicians giving into special interests. And petty non-violent crimes should not have greater penalties than violent crimes, or other acts which have the potential to cause great physical harm (such as drunk driving.) For those of you who are so ready to jump on the corporate-bashing bandwagon, please keep in mind that laws like this could not be passed without the complicity of politicians. Yes, corporations can be greedy, but government is equally if not more so. And the latter has the ability to use force where the former does not. Thus the blame for these biased laws rests first and foremost on the politicians who pass them.