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MPAA Puts Words in Mouth of CA Attorney General
An anonymous reader writes "In another example of Microsoft Word meta data coming back to bite you, Wired News reports that a document circulated by the California Attorney General to fellow lawmakers supporting new restrictions on P2P software was actually authored by a senior vice president of the Motion Picture Association of America."
You mean government officials are just puppets to large corporations?!
MABASPLOOM!
if you switch a few of the words and/or key players in this issue you'd have a tin-foil hat brigade flooding the comments.
I think the MPAA has got something else in Lockyer's mouth too.
"And a voice was screaming: 'Holy Jesus! What are these goddamn animals?'" - HST
"But we remain concerned about the potential dangers posed to the public by peer-to-peer file-sharing technology."
Oh thank you! I am so glad that a piece of software for sharing innocous content is being watched by out government so that I am not harmed in any way by the pure evil contained inside.
If P2P software can be used to violate law, the argument goes, its makers should be obligated to incorporate a warning on the product or face liability for deceptive trade practices.
Yes, because we all know that hammers, cars, broken beer bottles, rolls of duct tape, and pieces of rope all incorporate these warnings...
We view with grave concern reports that at least some P2P software developers may be adding features deliberately designed to hinder law enforcement in its prosecution of crimes using P2P software.
Awww, I view with grave concern the fact that the MPAA is paying off government officials so that they can control their market by influencing, greatly in their favor, the laws that are passed and excuted upon everyday citizens.
Whether it is the widespread availability of pornography, including child pornography, the disclosure of sensitive personal information to millions of people, the exposure to pernicious computer worms and viruses, or the threat of legal liability for copyright infringement, P2P file-sharing software has proven costly and dangerous for many consumers.
This is my favorite. Widespread panic techniques. Mention that it has child porn abilities! The exposure to viruses is the OS' and the users' fault not P2P software.
God, what a bunch of trash. Glad that we have these people in office so that others can use them as puppets.
I suppose that the words authored by the head
of the MPAA were "Iraq has WMD ready at 45 mins notice".....oh no that was Tony ("I didn't sex up that document") Blair
...speeches by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger are also scripted by the MPAA....
Our Constitution in the U.S. prevents Congress from making any law infringing on our natural freedom of speech. To me, P2P is communication, which is speech. Therefore, the federal government has no mandate to restrict it.
To me, the federal government is my servant and as such they should pay me taxes, not the other way around.
Well.. maybe. Or Maybe not. But Definitely not sort of.
I would say the document was "shared illegally".
Okay I think I've almost got it. CTRL-C is cut. CTRL-V is paste. But which key is "file off the serial numbers"?
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
metadata in Bush memo shows it was written by his dog Spot
This is not my opinion. Actually, it's not even an opinion. And I'm nowhere to be seen near it
PDF!
This is perhaps the ultimate downfall of democracy, and the end point of capitalism.
On the other hand, it's the beginning point of a lot of really good sci fi books.
Lost: Sig, white with black letters. No collar. Reward if found!
After reading the article on Wired, I look up, and boom. I see an ad for MSN!!
Well sure, but think about how many different breakfast cereals are available!
Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day, but teach a man to phish...
Yeah, but I hear that that guy's days are numbered. So soon it will be all, not some.
My bad. It was a goverment for the people buy the people.
Well this time around a product of M$ actually came in handy!
42.
"Do not fold stroller with infant inside."
So thats what i have been doing wrong all these years
A psychopath can't tell the difference between right and wrong. A sociopath knows the difference - he just doesn't care.
The alternative would be that the CA lawyer is just running a pirated copy of MSWord, which was obtained from sources in MPAA....
It is pitch dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
Perhaps during a trip to Soviet Russia...?
Meta-Black-mail. Or Meta-mail.
Meta data terrorism: Meta-Terrorism. Or Metorism.
Gotta go Meta.
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So does this mean that if I get prosecuted for using KaZaA I can then sue Sharman Networks for failing to warn me of the legal implications of my use of its software?
The AG didn't even cite the IP of the hardworking Record Industry Exec. I say he needs to pay for his flagrant copyright violation. Think of the children! What is Stevenson's children supposed to eat, when people are stealing his work wholesale.
The grass is only greener, if you don't take care of your own lawn.
What I want to see is the Attorney General make an official statement while a senior vice president of the MPAA drinks a glass of water....
Mod Karma -1: I sed bad wurds. If I cep my mouf shut, I wud be at riyses.
Young man, turn that computer off.
I said, young man, listen up we're the boss.
I said, young man, you're causing us loss.
You've got no right to download those films.
Young man, there's a place we'll send you.
I said, young man, you're gonna ache when we're through.
I said, young man, you're gonna get the big screw.
You're gonna die young in jail.
It's fun to work for the M.P.A.A.
It's fun to work for the M.P.A.A.
You can supress, all the creativity.
And wipe out those brats for free.
Business, is the king o' the game.
I said, business, the money's insane.
I said, business, no work and all gain.
Everyone of us will get rich.
Congress, is gonna listen to us.
I said, congress, they know we's the boss.
I said, congress, we don't care what it costs.
They gonna do all we say.
It's fun to work for the M.P.A.A.
It's fun to work for the M.P.A.A.
You can work there, with your Harvard degree.
You can change all the laws for free.
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"Since there's no warning sticker on this spindle of blank CD-ROMs on my desk, I think I'll see how many of them I can shove down my throat."
MSBPodcast.com The opinions expressed here are my own. If you don't like 'em... Think up your own stuff.
It has unintentionally made life miserable for some many people who actually deserve it.
"Do not immerse head in spackle."
I shit you not.
Or the one every techie has seen:
"This is not candy. Do not eat silica"
"Fighting the underpants gnomes since 1998!" "Bruce Schneier knows the state of schroedinger's cat"
You're seriously trying to make an argument by stating that Mannheim Steamroller deserves more money? Jesus.
On Planters (tm) Peanuts cans and various jars of peanut butter I've seen:
"Warning: product contains nuts"
hehe I misread your comment as something amusing
alas it wasn't
I don't like to include all the damned names and TLAs of every product that I've used in the human readable text of my resume--looks like hell--but why not pile in all the keywords that their poor software is scanning for into hidden text?
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
A system like that just means they're not really held responsible for the quality of the upcoming work. If it gets crappy reviews, they already have the money. This would mean moviemakers would work just hard enough to get popular then release movie after movie with lame deritive plots, poor acting (but of course important celebrities), and repetitive explosions... oh wait.
Yet another victim of outsourcing.
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