Lots 'O discussion already going on at Consumerist.

I think there's more to this story - in particular with the mom's actions...

From this article:

"The Farrells, who were on the way to visit family in New Jersey, were originally supposed to takeoff on Sunday, but the flight was cancelled when the plane was on the runway.
Jarret was perfectly fine on that flight, Farrell said, with crew members letting her son walk around the plane and watch his DVD player." (Emphasis mine)

So, in the mother's eyes, everything was alright when the flight crew didn't enforce any of the rules? That was the "understanding" she was looking for?

I believe that the last couple years I attended, it was outlined in their policies.

Exactly, so why make a legal claim at all? If it's executed in University policy, it doesn't have to be based in law (necessarily). All it would take is a line in the student code that students found in possession of notes that aren't their own (for the purposes of buying, selling, trading, or whatever) are eligible for expulsion.

Not that I'm advocating this, of course, but it seems like the simpler solution.

Now, that being said, it seems my professors have taken the opposite approach, and they put all of their PowerPoint'd notes online, so there's really no economic value to them because every student in the class can get them free. This, I think, is the more reasonable approach.

"We kind of like the idea long term of having a kiosk in your pocket," said Mark Bergsrud, senior vice president for marketing programs and distribution with Continental.

...of course they do. Kiosk in my pocket = less kiosks for Continental to buy.

LOL @ Ben (#9)

But seriously folks, this is probably an internal security program at Disneyland (note the reflection of Sleeping Beauty castle and Grizzly Mountain in Mickey's glasses, representing Disneyland and California Adventure), and is not, as some have suggested, a program to inspire fear in the general populace.

I don't really understand the attitude here... unless, of course, you don't think that Disney should be practicing security at all, but a densely packed, manufactured environment seems like a pretty high-profile target for crime. I appreciate efforts taken to keep me safe- as long as they don't begin to cross over into profiling.

What I want to know is where is Pluto's handler? I've never seen a character in ANY theme park (let alone a Disney park) not have a uniformed staff member with them who can assist in a "negative character interaction".