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Entertainment Industry's Dystopia of the Future

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the truth-is-often-stranger dept.

renek writes "If you think the RIAA/MPAA's tactics have been outlandish, laughable, and disconcerting in the past, you haven't seen anything yet. From government-mandated spyware that deletes infringing content to border searches of media players, this reads like an Orwellian nightmare. Given the US government's willingness to bend over for Big Media it wouldn't be terribly surprising to see how far this goes and how under the radar it stays."

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  1. Re:RMS described it well by Sir_Lewk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And you call yourself a slashdotter?!? :O

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