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RIAA Wants Right To Hack

Posted by timothy on from the for-me-but-not-for-thee dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "According to Wired, the recording industry wants the right to hack into your computer and delete your stolen MP3s." From the article: "It's no joke. Lobbyists for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) tried to glue this hacking-authorization amendment onto a mammoth anti-terrorism bill that Congress approved last week. A copy of an RIAA-drafted amendment obtained by Wired News would immunize all copyright holders -- including the movie and e-book industry -- for any data losses caused by their hacking efforts or other computer intrusions 'that are reasonably intended to impede or prevent' electronic piracy." Does this give you the right to crack RIAA systems to make sure no one there is selling copies of your term paper?

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  1. We are living in some fucked times. (NT) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    (NT)

  2. eggplants by ender-iii · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    eggplants!!

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    ender-iii
  3. THIS IS GREAT!!! - The solution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Solution!!! Here's a good suggestion to solve terrorism. Hope this reaches the proper authority. Here is a simplistic solution to the Bin Laden problem. It should be so easy... An Israeli friend recently informed me that the UK fought the Islamic terrorist attacks by burying the criminals with a pig. Apparently theIslamic belief is that if ones body is buried with a pig (because they are considered unclean) their soul will go to hell. I did a little research into this subject matter and found it to be true. This got me thinking. If we put a baby pig on every airline flight then all suicide terrorists would abort their missions as they would not want their souls to go to hell. Additionally, if we drop shipped, oh say, 100,000 pigs into Afghanistan I think our re-con and assault efforts may be more successful. Apparently Muslims dislike the very sight of pigs - A LOT! They are also adamantly opposed to alcohol, thus we spike their water supply with a few thousand gallons of moonshine, get them shit-faced and turn the pigs loose. The war would be over in a weekend. Just a thought!

    1. Re:THIS IS GREAT!!! - The solution by unitron · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      How about if we just get the pigs drunk before we turn them loose?

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      I see even classic Slashdot is now pretty much unusable on dial up anymore.

  4. Re:Retaliation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Wow, what an interesting comment. You, sir, are truly an interesting person, what with your threats and childish fist pounding.

    Well done again, moderators.