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Round Two for MPAA Lawsuits
An anonymous reader writes "CNET is reporting that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has filed a second round of lawsuits against individuals trading movie files. This follows the lobby's legal attacks on BitTorrent servers a few weeks back. A couple of commentaries on this latest legal barrage can already be found here and here."
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) also made available a new free software tool so parents can scan their computers for file-swapping programs and for movie or music files which may be copyrighted.
"Son, come over here and show me how to run this thing."
Marge, get me your address book, 4 beers, and my conversation hat.
...be able to sue the MPAA?
I'm a computer!
Stop all the downloading!
Help computer!
G.I. Jooooooooooooooe!
After I saw those emotional segments in the theater about how Joe Camerman, and Jane Stuntwoman suffers from my actions, I really felt bad.
(btw, mpaa, if you are listening, I never actually downloaded movies. Rent from netflix, rip a copy and save on VCD, that may be a different story.)
That looks like my email in pine!
Oh dear, people getting sued for committing illegal acts, how appalling! What is this country coming to?
parents having a "little talk" with their kids about P2P activity:
Johnnie: Daddy, where do MP3 files come from?
Daddy: Johnnie, Mom and I are going to have a little talk with you now.
Johnnie: Okay, Dad.
Mommy: You know Johnnie, there's something you need to know about MP3 files and P2P clients.
Daddy: When an MP3 file meets a P2P client, something very beautiful happens.
Johnnie: What's that Daddy?
Daddy: It's called File Transfer, son. When a beautiful MP3 file meets a nice, young P2P client, they start exchanging packets and then a new MP3 file is born.
Mommy: But you have to remember, son...bad things can happen if MP3 files and P2P clients do not take proper precautions during the File Transfer. Then they can get infected with Spyware and Viruses and die.
Daddy: You'll understand this better when you grow up, but always remember that we're here for you if you need us. And always remember to take proper precautions during File Transfer.
An Indian-American Hindu committed to non-violent thought/speech/action alarmed by the global explosion of radical Islam
College Kids have deeper wallets than street vendors?
This is one of those witty signatures that you'll remember.
SEATTLE--In an unexpected move, corporate giant Microsoft has acquired Hollywood in what it refers to as the "logical next step" in content development.
Microsoft has long been known as an industry leader in providing semifunctional applications for the viewing, development and distribution of digital content and comments that the acquisition of Hollywood will complete the synergy necessary for including the content itself.
End users, claims Microsoft, will see a remarkable increase in convenience when accessing content. Hollywood products will be available directly from the desktop via their new "Cinema Explorer" application with the guaranteed quality, stability and availability that only a vision-impaired corporate monolith can provide.
Security is also a top priority, and Microsoft is introducing a new licensing system to aid in the distribution of Hollywood content. Instead of purchasing a copy of the motion picture itself, end users purchase a "License to View" which piggybacks on their highly successful and completely unhackable "Product Activation" architecture introduced with Windows XP. A motion picture is keyed to the unique hardware identification number of the user's computer and can only be "activated" on that computer.
Some civil rights groups have expressed concerned about corporate profiling based on end user viewing habits. A Microsoft spokesman responds, "Obviously, this is possible, but fortunately, Microsoft is a responsible corporation with a very solid privacy policy. We never have any idea who's using our products. A quick look at our customer support system ought to clearly demonstrate that."
Microsoft also stated in a press release that recent maneuvers to acquire the RIAA are completely unrelated.
What he wants is more important that what I want. What he wants is also more important that what you want.
See, this is why I'm not a early adopter. Let the shake-out happen a little is what I say. Now that this new round of lawsuits against individuals have been filed, the data collection period is over for now! The sabre-rattling lawsuits tell me that NOW is the time to start downloading the movies I want!
It's like slowing down on a country road when you see a cop with someone pulled over. Silly! That's the time to speed people!
[/sarcasm] -so don't preach to me about IP theft or endangering officers' lives.
This one gang kept wanting me to join cause I'm pretty good with a bo staff.
[MPAA software Parent File Scan] searches for and identifies virtually any audio or video file, including popular formats like MP3, Microsoft's Windows Media, the AAC files that Apple Computer's iTunes software often uses, or MPEG video.
Yeah, but does it support oggs?
wooops! err... nevermind that...
errera hunamum ets
The quality of videos from street vendors is notoriously unwatchable;
Well, it is Hollywood films after all!
If Google really cared they would fix Android Chrome to reflow text, instead of discriminating