The MPAA has been busy, both on the legal front and also on the development of software. They just filed an undisclosed number of $30,000 to $150,000 dollar per violation injuctions against users of P2P programs suspected of sharing their movies. Meanwhile, amongst other things, they have put together some software designed to root out all this contraband from your computer in case you were wanting to purge this material. I guess if you get a subpoena it might come in handy!
| The MPAA said it would also make available a computer program that sniffs out movie and music files on a user's computer as well as any installed file sharing programs. The trade group said the program would be available for the Windows computer operating system on a special Web site established to educate consumers about copyrights. The name or exact nature of the program was not described Tuesday. "Many parents are concerned about what their children have downloaded and where they've downloaded it from," MPAA president and chief executive Dan Glickman said in a statement. |
Thanks Dan, yeah they sure are "concerned", since you are suing them out of house and home, even though you just admitted some of them are just kids! How many billions have to made before you can just stop terrorising families? You take so much profit now, new box office records are set with every new movie release. Yet the poor saps that build the buildings to play your wares have to hawk popcorn for a $5.00 a bag just so they can pay the workers minimum wage with no benefits! Damn, there ought to be a law against that too! Meanwhile you all are running around in bling-bling and have fancy chauffeurs. What do you talk about in the back of these limos, how hard it is to put beans on the table? Or whether or not to buy a bigger mansion. My guess is the latter.
I just paid out the yin yang to watch "Ray" at the theater. Next I will pay again to buy the DVD, because it was a good movie. Then you will *finally* release the same movie overseas and make a killing over there. Then you will get paid again by a commercial network or HBO or pay for view, or even all of the above. Isn't that enough? Who's the real pirate Glickman? Give it a rest, your no victim, it's the poor families you are suing.
These laws were not written for this purpose and the courts have told you so repeatedly. It's for the DVD pressing pirate factories that are making profit. Why not go after them and not a bunch of kids? Afraid you might upset a political "leader" in Congress that you paid to put in your back pocket? Don't you think we know you are overcharging for your products and that these P2P violators don't even make a "blip" on your financial radars?
Source: My Way AP News
