MPAA at it again...
Wednesday, November 29, 2006 by kona0197 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
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Bebi Bulma
Reply #2 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 1:28 AM
Reply #2 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 1:28 AM
Unbelievable! Those guys really need to get a grip. I guess we're safe then, we have a 5.1 surround sound theater system in the living room, but the tv is only 27 inches. Suckers!
As for the second link, who on Earth in their right mind would voluntarily buy a DVD player that will self-destruct??
As for the second link, who on Earth in their right mind would voluntarily buy a DVD player that will self-destruct??
aufisch
Reply #3 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 1:34 AM
Reply #3 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 1:34 AM
This sounds so outrageous that I have a hard time believing it.
Come to think of it; it is stupid to the point of being rediculous. After all each an every family has more than "two comfortable chairs" in front of their TV.
Come to think of it; it is stupid to the point of being rediculous. After all each an every family has more than "two comfortable chairs" in front of their TV.
XX
Reply #4 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 1:38 AM
Reply #4 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 1:38 AM
Cool. This doesn't say anything about projectors, so I can still use those if I had money to buy one. 
Studibaker
Reply #5 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:04 AM
Reply #5 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:04 AM
If these people get their way it will open the doors to all sorts of stupid regulations.Seems to that coperate America is making a big attempt to try and regulate the world over.I think those that want to regulate everything need to get over themselves.
Studibaker
Reply #6 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:07 AM
Reply #6 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:07 AM
No one tells me what i can and cant watch in my own home with my home theater.I'll make that choice not the MPAA.
KiloKrash
Reply #7 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:36 AM
Reply #7 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:36 AM
How would payment be enforced?
This is absolutely ridiculous.
This is absolutely ridiculous.
Bebi Bulma
Reply #8 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:46 AM
Reply #8 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:46 AM
How would that even get that far? Go into everyone's home and inspect their equipment? Track down purchases and receipts? That in itself is a violation of privacy and surely they'd need something like a warrant to even do that nonsense. Too outrageously insane to be feasable. Those people need help.
KiloKrash
Reply #10 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 3:21 AM
Bebi...I think I love you. 
Reply #10 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 3:21 AM
| Too outrageously insane to be feasable. Those people need help. |
Bebi...I think I love you. 
Erk.
Reply #12 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 4:29 AM
Bollox!
...and a pox on you, MPAA.
Just TRY setting ONE FOOT inside my doorway
...then count your toes, or what's left of them.
[However, I don't see any way they can enforce this ~ even on home soil.]
Reply #12 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 4:29 AM
| "Just because you buy a DVD to watch at home doesn't give you the right to invite friends over to watch it too." |
Bollox!
...and a pox on you, MPAA.
Just TRY setting ONE FOOT inside my doorway
...then count your toes, or what's left of them.
[However, I don't see any way they can enforce this ~ even on home soil.]
starkers
Reply #13 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 4:45 AM
Nope....an effin' firing squad....they're effin' criminal, NOT insane.
So what these pricks are saying is that if my mother visits while I'm watching a legally purchased DVD, I've either gotta kick her out or turn it off.....and if the receipt has my name on it, I gotta send me missus packing before I can view it.
Get stuffed, that's so bloody ridiculous it's gone well beyond privacy invasion and is an afront to honest families and friends everywhere.
As for the self-destructing DVD players...the effwit who came up with that idea needs one inserted where the sun don't shine and allow to play 'til the inevitable occurs.
If Sony thought it suffered some as a result of the rootkit debacle, then this lunatic idea will most definitely harm sales/company image....and the law suits for property damage (not to mention deaths) resulting from self-igniting players has the potential to bankrupt Sony entirely.
Besides, knowingly putting an explosive device into any consumer product must be considered a criminal act, just like throwing a hand grenade through someone's livingroom window would be....and in some cases, would be considered an act of terrrorism.
I disapprove of piracy, but these enfuriatingly smug bastards are without doubt worse when they're looking towards home/privacy invasion and property damage....all in pursuit of every 'almighty' buck they can lay their hands on.
Look out, next we'll have toilet roll manufacturers enforcing similar tactics, causing toilets to expode because visitors didn't pay for the copyrighted George Bush bog roll hanging in the loo.
Reply #13 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 4:45 AM
| Those people need help. |
Nope....an effin' firing squad....they're effin' criminal, NOT insane.
So what these pricks are saying is that if my mother visits while I'm watching a legally purchased DVD, I've either gotta kick her out or turn it off.....and if the receipt has my name on it, I gotta send me missus packing before I can view it.
Get stuffed, that's so bloody ridiculous it's gone well beyond privacy invasion and is an afront to honest families and friends everywhere.
As for the self-destructing DVD players...the effwit who came up with that idea needs one inserted where the sun don't shine and allow to play 'til the inevitable occurs.
If Sony thought it suffered some as a result of the rootkit debacle, then this lunatic idea will most definitely harm sales/company image....and the law suits for property damage (not to mention deaths) resulting from self-igniting players has the potential to bankrupt Sony entirely.
Besides, knowingly putting an explosive device into any consumer product must be considered a criminal act, just like throwing a hand grenade through someone's livingroom window would be....and in some cases, would be considered an act of terrrorism.
I disapprove of piracy, but these enfuriatingly smug bastards are without doubt worse when they're looking towards home/privacy invasion and property damage....all in pursuit of every 'almighty' buck they can lay their hands on.
Look out, next we'll have toilet roll manufacturers enforcing similar tactics, causing toilets to expode because visitors didn't pay for the copyrighted George Bush bog roll hanging in the loo.
NightTrainthedark
Reply #14 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 6:13 AM
Reply #14 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 6:13 AM
The entire site is fake news stories folks. 
kona0197
Reply #15 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 6:16 AM
Reply #15 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 6:16 AM
Well I bet it happens for real sooner or later...
Island Dog
Reply #16 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:13 AM
Reply #16 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:13 AM
| The entire site is fake news stories folks. |
starkers
Reply #17 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 11:21 AM
Thank F**k for that...had it been for real, I may very well have been tempted to become a pryomaniac in my own right and set fire to these arse holes limos, homes and offices, not to mention their stock exchange records providing evidence they're abundantly wealthy already....okay it might be fake this time round but they're still arseholes cos now some idiotic twit has provided them the ammuntion they'd so desperately would love to implement
Oh how I love conspiracy theories with that stronger element of truth....gives us ample time to prepare for the ensuing rampage against the mongrels personages, stocks/holdings, personal property and places of business...let's do unto the effers before they can do unto us.
Reply #17 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 11:21 AM
| The entire site is fake news stories folks. |
Thank F**k for that...had it been for real, I may very well have been tempted to become a pryomaniac in my own right and set fire to these arse holes limos, homes and offices, not to mention their stock exchange records providing evidence they're abundantly wealthy already....okay it might be fake this time round but they're still arseholes cos now some idiotic twit has provided them the ammuntion they'd so desperately would love to implement
| Well I bet it happens for real sooner or later... |
Oh how I love conspiracy theories with that stronger element of truth....gives us ample time to prepare for the ensuing rampage against the mongrels personages, stocks/holdings, personal property and places of business...let's do unto the effers before they can do unto us.
Kevin_C
Reply #18 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:28 PM
Way to cover the fact you fell for it enough to post it in the first place..
Reply #18 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:28 PM
| Well I bet it happens for real sooner or later... |
Way to cover the fact you fell for it enough to post it in the first place..
Bebi Bulma
Reply #19 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 9:03 PM
Reply #19 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 9:03 PM
Starkers, you crack me up. I'm with you all the way.
I'm with you all the way.
starkers
Reply #20 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 11:29 PM
I'm glad that I helped make your day somewhat more humorous....since enduring many trials & tribulations over my 15 y/o runaway stepdaughter and receiving absolutely no help from the authorities, I've made it my life's mission to amuse my wife and myself in as many ways possible....and if that translates to helping others see the funnier side of things/life, then all the better.
I've always had a good sense of humour (as warped as it is - for the most part), so it's an inherent part of me to enjoy a good laugh/joke and want to share it with others ....whilst seriously cleaning up the really filthy (but funny) jokes I know so as not to offend anyone with more delicate sensibilities.....
And what's more, I don't give a hoot that some will 'think' of me as a total nutcase/crackpot/lunatic....I've 'known' that for years and have been able to live quite comfortably with it....damn these meds are good.
Now back to this corporate thuggery issue. Okay, so this time it was a hoax , but when I read somewhere that the RIAA is now pursuing the orphaned children of a woman who passed on prior to being able to extract a cash settlement from her, it's obvious these industries will sink to extreme depths to impose total control/their will over all others, thus making hoaxes such as these seem quite credible....
Sadly, these corporate thugs care not what people think of them - the much despised reputations they've earned themselves, they will continue to lobby gov'ts and persecute innocent people until they have the world's entertainment industries under total control - paying the MPAA and RIAA huge sums of money to oversee (supposedly) their better interests.
Furthermore, for the actual impact-inroads into piracy the RIAA and MPAA have made, it seems to me they're extremely well paid, toothless tigers, who seek to appear to be doing their jobs by tackling 'small-time' downloaders of minor consequence. The fact is, they've hardly put a dent in large scale piracy, which in effect is where the artists and producers of music/film/entertainment are really losing profits, due reimbursement for their talent, time and efforts.
I don't condone piracy, be it on a large or small scale, but these effwits at the RIAA and MPAA have gone about reducing lost sales/profits through piracy all arse backwards. There's dozens of bootlegging operations making millions right under the noses of several world governments, yet very little has been done to shut these down....no, they're more concerned with pusuing some 10 y/o girl who downloaded Roseanne Barr's rendition of Star Spangled Banner off an illegal site. Okay, that's an exaggeration...but it makes the point.
Some artists/actors have opted out of these organisations in protest of the bully boy tactics they've employed, but I fear it will take many, many more to follow suit before these arsewipe feuhrers get a real grip and tackle the piracy issue objectively....to wheedle out industry insiders who leak intellectual property to pirate organisations long before their own companies have released it.
Reply #20 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 11:29 PM
| Starkers, you crack me up. |
I'm glad that I helped make your day somewhat more humorous....since enduring many trials & tribulations over my 15 y/o runaway stepdaughter and receiving absolutely no help from the authorities, I've made it my life's mission to amuse my wife and myself in as many ways possible....and if that translates to helping others see the funnier side of things/life, then all the better.
I've always had a good sense of humour (as warped as it is - for the most part), so it's an inherent part of me to enjoy a good laugh/joke and want to share it with others ....whilst seriously cleaning up the really filthy (but funny) jokes I know so as not to offend anyone with more delicate sensibilities.....
And what's more, I don't give a hoot that some will 'think' of me as a total nutcase/crackpot/lunatic....I've 'known' that for years and have been able to live quite comfortably with it....damn these meds are good.
Now back to this corporate thuggery issue. Okay, so this time it was a hoax
, but when I read somewhere that the RIAA is now pursuing the orphaned children of a woman who passed on prior to being able to extract a cash settlement from her, it's obvious these industries will sink to extreme depths to impose total control/their will over all others, thus making hoaxes such as these seem quite credible....Sadly, these corporate thugs care not what people think of them - the much despised reputations they've earned themselves, they will continue to lobby gov'ts and persecute innocent people until they have the world's entertainment industries under total control - paying the MPAA and RIAA huge sums of money to oversee (supposedly) their better interests.
Furthermore, for the actual impact-inroads into piracy the RIAA and MPAA have made, it seems to me they're extremely well paid, toothless tigers, who seek to appear to be doing their jobs by tackling 'small-time' downloaders of minor consequence. The fact is, they've hardly put a dent in large scale piracy, which in effect is where the artists and producers of music/film/entertainment are really losing profits, due reimbursement for their talent, time and efforts.
I don't condone piracy, be it on a large or small scale, but these effwits at the RIAA and MPAA have gone about reducing lost sales/profits through piracy all arse backwards. There's dozens of bootlegging operations making millions right under the noses of several world governments, yet very little has been done to shut these down....no, they're more concerned with pusuing some 10 y/o girl who downloaded Roseanne Barr's rendition of Star Spangled Banner off an illegal site. Okay, that's an exaggeration...but it makes the point.
Some artists/actors have opted out of these organisations in protest of the bully boy tactics they've employed, but I fear it will take many, many more to follow suit before these arsewipe feuhrers get a real grip and tackle the piracy issue objectively....to wheedle out industry insiders who leak intellectual property to pirate organisations long before their own companies have released it.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 12:26 AM
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