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The RIAA's Halloween Tricks
deus42 writes "BoingBoing has an interesting article about a joint RIAA/MPAA move started yesterday on Capitol Hill. From the article: 'Hollywood has fielded a shockingly ambitious piece of Analog Hole legislation while everyone was out partying in costume. Under a new proposed Analog Hole bill, it will be illegal to make anything capable of digitizing video unless it either has all its outputs approved by the Hollywood studios, or is closed-source, proprietary and tamper-resistant. The idea is to make it impossible to create an MPEG from a video signal unless Hollywood approves it.'"
I can think of a hole I'd like them to approve...
...what if there were no rhetorical questions?
If you outlaw mpegs, only outlaws will have mpegs.
You sir, must be new to America!
ewwww. I can't believe I typed that.
$ strings FTP.EXE | grep Copyright
@(#) Copyright (c) 1983 The Regents of the University of California.
Sweet, sweet irony.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
Did the lobbyists look anything like this? http://www.ucomics.com/foxtrot/2005/10/31/
the growth in cynicism and rebellion has not been without cause
I'm not new to it, I just haven't -completely- given up on it yet.
I know nothing
...or the fact that they actually introduced an "A Hole" bill. Nice that they are at least being up front about it for a change.
let's just call it The A-Hole Bill, shall we?
Was that ass hairy before or after the paste?
On second thought, I don't think I want to know.. (On third thought I'm pretty sure I don't want to know)
And that would make all of the geeks rogue outlaw bad-boy types, which would make them suddenly very appealing to women, so maybe this isn't such a bad idea after all.
Today's Sesame Street was brought to you by the number e.
Those damn alcoholics...
Now I know you're lying. This is slashdot.
But the date didn't end with sex.
It ended in him mocking her because of her beliefs on copyright law.
Certainly very slashdot.
I for one welcome our new filming and directing overlords.
Your proposal intrigues me, sir. I wish to support you in your endevor to have this passed by congress, only I feel a bit unsure about the best way to lobby such a bill....
-- I'm not a pessimist, I'm a realist. It's not my fault that life sucks so much. --
2 good movies in 800 per year is not something to be proud of.
Why not? You've got the US beat by at least one.
That, or he entered a coma in November of 2000, and just woke up...
I'd call my Congressman to protest but he's busy meeting a lobbyist.
It is by the juice of the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains. The stains become a warning
They're way ahead of you- their next move is to regulate opposable thumbs.
I'd mod you (+1, Insightful) for pointing out the need for (+1, Depressing).
I'm hoping for a (+1, Insightful) for pointing out that I use (+1, Informative) as a substitute for (+1, Depressing), thereby resulting in a recursive moderation to (+5, Funny) for this post.
No, no, no. "A modest proposal" would be to empower the FDA to approve and grade meat made from lobbyists.
Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner entwine / The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine?
Got head while laughing at a chick...I don't know if I should look up to you for being the ultimate man or look down upon you for degrading women.
It depends on if you're sitting up or laying back.
funny munging
Today's Sesame Street was brought to you by the number e.
3) Finally, the bill is laughed out of congress and ignored. In this case, they'll try again later when the climate it right.
Or just attach it as one of many riders on the latest save the children bill.
Oh, I agree, preparation H *does* feel good on the whole.
(Sorry. I'll crawl back to my dark corner of the basement now.)
Please take pictures.
- oZ
// i am here.
Darn them riaa's!!! Slashdot their friggin web site!! Now!!
riaa.com
Oh, and who are they to declare themselves owner of all video recording...? Ooh, lets flood their inbox, (e-mail webmaster@riaa.org!!)
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I would suggest (from my perspective from outside the US) to do something so the TV stations broadcast that everyone should shoot a bullet through their own head. That could work to get rid of all the people blindly believing what is told on TV.
Linux is not Windows
Look, the guys at radio shack already look at me like they're about to call the FBI when I go in to purchase 10 resistors and a few capacitors, along with a couple DB9 connectors to make an RS232 terminator. That's on top of the fact that the guy didn't even know he carried that stuff. He says to me, "looks like someone's building a HAM radio". Ya, no kidding. What he's really wondering is if I'm building a bomb to take out a few city blocks.
Correcting him by telling him that you were just making a terminator probably wouldn't have gone down too well then...