RIAA Wants Right To Hack

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?

Comments

Re:Farenheit 451 is here early.

[rhadamanthus]

Long ago I gave up trying to be "legal" with reagrds to mp3s and "copyright". Copyright was a good thing, until corporations got greedy and listened way TOO much to there lawyer-types. Now it is a joke. If a company wants to control all access to a service (music in this case) and them overcharge for it, disable it unless you use their system (hello copy-protected CDs) etc. I see no reason to not rip them off in return. Add in to this now that they want to help me be "legal" by deleting and editing my personal computer for me and i say to them:

a) go ahead and try (laff)

b) oh jeez, now my mp3 box is off the network...

c) ever heard of backups

d) go jump off a cliff

well anyhow, it is like Scott Adams said in regards to sales in the dlibert principle. "The optimal group to market to is the stupid rich. They will buy anything no matter what the price. Overcharge the smart rich and they will buy your company and fire your ass, overcharge the stupid poor and they cannot buy your product, overcharge the smart poor and they will find a way to steal it."

----------rhad the college student

oh yeah--RIAA, you can BLOW ME