Quote:MPAA Lobbying for Home Theater Regulations
By Scott Small
Los Angeles , CA - The MPAA is lobbying congress to push through a new bill that would make unauthorized home theaters illegal. The group feels that all theaters should be sanctioned, whether they be commercial settings or at home.
MPAA head Dan Glickman says this needs to be regulated before things start getting too far out of control, "We didn't act early enough with the online sharing of our copyrighted content. This time we're not making the same mistake. We have a right to know what's showing in a theater."
The bill would require that any hardware manufactured in the future contain technology that tells the MPAA directly of what is being shown and specific details on the audience. The data would be gathered using various motion sensors and biometric technology.
The MPAA defines a home theater as any home with a television larger than 29" with stereo sound and at least two comfortable chairs, couch, or futon. Anyone with a home theater would need to pay a $50 registration fee with the MPAA or face fines up to $500,000 per movie shown.
"Just because you buy a DVD to watch at home doesn't give you the right to invite friends over to watch it too. That's a violation of copyright and denies us the revenue that would be generated from DVD sales to your friends," said Glickman. "Ideally we expect each viewer to have their own copy of the DVD, but we realize that isn't always feasible. The registration fee is a fair compromise.
The bill also stipulates that any existing home theaters be retrofitted with the technology or else the owner is responsible for directly informing the MPAA and receiving approval before each viewing.
What is the MPAA thinking...Talk about intrusive legislation...Thats what we get for allowing lobbist in the =USA=...What a freaking joke...
Yes...this is a spoof...unfortunatelly the MPAA would do it...if they could get away with it...I thought it was obvious...apparentlly not...
....see; now this is just utter stupidity; if the MPAA wants to start getting pi**ed off about the fact the we want to stay home and watch GOOD MOVIES; in the comfort of our own homes; instead of the crap they are putting out in theatres; then I say SCREW EM!!!!!!!
...I CANNOT believe how rediculous this is getting; I mean, yeah; file sharing isn't necessarily the 'good' thing to do; but I mean, who cares??? EVERYBODY im sure has DL'ed a movie or song @ least once in their life by now; especially in this day and age; HECK, I bet a lot of the members OF THE MPAA have done plenty of file sharing themselves!!!!
...But I mean, COME ON!!! NOW THEY WANT TO START CHARGING US FOR USING EQUIPMENT TO SHOW MOVIES THAT WE PAYED FOR WITH OUR OWN MONEY!!!!???!!!!! THAT MAKES ME SICK!!!!!! I don't know how much more of this crap I can take from the MPAA........I mean; yea; I'm only 14 yrs. old; but this kind of Bullsh*t is gonna affect me more than ne one because by the time I've grown up; there's gonna be DRM and CP over just about ne thing you touch in the future.......
....I've seriously thought about moving to Canada when I was older; just for the sole fact of being able download to all my heart's content; and LAUGH in the RIAA and Mpaa's face while I do it:)
...so; to close w/ this rant today; I just want to say; Thank You; Lp531 for posting this; I'm glad that you posted something like this so that way the world can see just how pathetic the U.S. is some [a.k.a. MOST!!] of the time....
When I bought my first dvd player, included in the box was 5 or 6 brand new dvds. Sony included "Talladega Nights The Ballad Of Ricky Bob" BlueRay disc with PS3. This title (Region 1) isn't even supposed to be released until Dec 12 th, so almost 1 month early it hits the public for viewing. Wonder if the MPAA is going to go after Sony? LOL
