The Register® — Biting the hand that feeds IT   Muggers
plundering gig bootleggers' booty  And isn't it ahhh-ronic
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are watching gigs to see who's filming the stage on a nice
smartphone, then nicking it from their pocket in the ensuing
crowds, according to a Metropolitan Police warning.  The Met
will be putting up posters at venues and providing Bluetooth
messages telling punters to put their phones away, and perhaps
enjoy the gig rather than recording it, badly, for later review.
Nev Nolan of the National Mobile Phone Crime Unit said: "A lot
of people like to use their mobile phones to film or take
photographs of the concert, but will then return the phone to an
insecure bag or pocket, where thieves are able to snatch it."
He stopped short of reminding them that recording a gig is
piracy, but instead pointed out that many victims never realise
know they had their phone stolen - assuming it lost - and thus
don't report it, which means the handset