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Searches and pat downs at airports are expected, but at movie theaters? Last month, Ohio joined California, Pennsylvania, New York, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C., in Hollywood's attempt to combat digital piracy by banning cameras and other recording devices such as image-capturing cell phones in theaters and movie houses. Ohio's new law allows movie theaters to detain people suspected of videotaping movies, just as department stores can confine suspected shoplifters. The Motion Picture Association of...