The MPAA must be brought down!!

[Brandito]

http://www.bbspot.com/News/2006/11/h...gulations.html

i almost don't even know what to say...

[Joe Dirte]

wow that sucks, but isnt as bad as the RIAA trying to shut the internet down, haha!

[morerandomsn]

thats probably the dumbest idea i've seen in a long time. i hope nothing like that ever gets passed. but with lawyers these days....

[Frank1946]

This has got to be a joke! Can you spell "invasion of privacy"?

[-=SparX=-]

Yeah right, try telling that to a public forum... the whole concept should be enough to have Glick' commited to a nice pink padded room.

[kbohip]

As crazy as this idea is it doesn't surprise me coming from them. The MPAA is mad because of what I read earlier this year about the exploding DVD market. Their greed knows no boundaries and they are starting to see DVD's as a loser market for them. After all, we can rent a movie and have our whole family see it for $4.00 or less instead of taking that same family to the theater and spending upwards of $30.00.

I swear the MPAA and RIAA are the most idiotic organizations I've ever seen. If they'd spend half as much time working for/with their customers than against them they wouldn't have a problem. If doctors thought like these people they'd stop your heart to fix a bleeding paper cut.

[Vihsadas]

I'm dubious as to the origins of this story. There is no published news organization on this story, and I haven't found a credible news site with this story. This story has spread like wildfire over the net, but always the same article written by 'Scott Small'. Who Scott Small is, what news organization he works for seems to be a thing of mystery.

I don't think this is true. I believe it's satire!

[_dangtx_]

next thing u know ull need special permission to watch the dvd u bought,ALONE!

[John C]

BBspot is a satire site. Read the other articles, such as the new HD discs.

[greygoose]

people can claim to lobby whatever bill they want.
whether congress actually passes it is entirely a different story.

lets all laugh at this and simply go back to life.
some of us are actually going to downoad movies from newsgroups and watch it in our home theaters. to those people...i say rock on!!!!!

long live newsgroups.
long live the internet.
long live america.

[midyxadryl]

For those about to rock....we salute you.

[mwessinger]

Wow.

What a fun game: Write a story that plays on some people's worst fears, even one as fanciful as this one, and sit back and laugh as people fall all over themselves in an outrage over a clever piece of fiction.










Psst: Follow the "About" link at the top of the BBSpot page.

[RatboyX]

http://www.bbspot.com/Legal/about.html


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[morerandomsn]

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.

if something like this did ever happen i would just sit on the floor.

[jimzinsocal]

John and Rat are correct. Its parody.