Glass gets BANNED...!

It has only been a few days since Google Glass first became available in the UK, but the wearable device is already being banned from local cinemas across the country over piracy risk.


Aside from allowing its wearer to read emails and access the Internet through a display fixed above the right eye, Google Glass also lets its users to take videos with just a simple stroke of a finger over its frame or through voice command. This specific capability of the high-tech gadget worries cinema owners that pirates will use it to illegally record the latest Hollywood films.


"Customers will be requested not to wear these into cinema auditoriums, whether the film is playing or not," Clapp, chief executive of the Cinema Exhibitors' Association, told the Independent. The Vue cinema chain, on the other hand, told the British newspaper their staff would ask moviegoers to remove the Glass "as soon as the lights dim."


UK's movie industry group Federation Against Copyright Theft said it is working hand in hand with local cinemas to prevent films from being recorded using Google Glass and other new recording devices, Torrent Freak reported. "Developments in technology have led to smaller, more compact devices which have the capability to record sound and vision, including most mobile phones. FACT works closely with cinema operators and distributors to ensure that best practice is carried out to prevent and detect illegal recordings taking place," the group said.