Posted on 12/01/2006 12:03:24 PM PST by Centurion2000
Monday, November 27 12:00 AM ET
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.
Just a guess, but I believe that this is satire.
That has got to be BS...if it's true it's BS in a different way.
"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."
In other words, the average American living room.
BBSpot is satire.
Thanks for the Friday afternoon laugh!
Good thing none of my chairs are comfortable!
Outrageous if you ask me. Anyone who votes for this should be impeached.
They're coming for you.
I just added the keyword .... is there a way for an admin mod to add Satire or something to the end of the title?
It IS a joke. :)
I think you guessed right. From the same site:
MPAA to Thwart Pirates By Making All Movies Suck
http://www.bbspot.com/News/2005/03/mpaa_piracy.html
You should identify these links appropriately.
This is from the website hosting this "news" message:
"Called "the world's greatest tech humour site" by The Register, BBspot creates entertainment for the geekier side of the world. BBspot produces a variety of features like fake news stories satirizing the tech and political worlds, the BBspot Mailbag which pokes fun at the Believers (people who believe our fake news) and much more. BBspot was started by Brian Briggs in April of 2000 as a hobby to bring some fun to the web, but grew to the point where Brian "quit his day job" and made the site his full-time occupation in January of 2003."
remember the divix?
So naive - it is satire:
http://console.hardocp.com/news.html?news=MjI3MjcsLCxoY29uc29sZSwsLDE=
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20061128/080742.shtml
BBSpot is the tech equivalent of The Onion.
Satire.
MPAA's definition of a Home Theater looks an awful lot like the average Living Room. Will the NFL follow suit? Just because you paid for the NFL package doesn't mean you have the right to have a Super Bowl party at your house.
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