MPAA Goes After Home Entertainment Systems

philba writes to tell us that home theaters may become the new jurisdiction of our MPAA overlords. The MPAA is lobbying to make sure that home users authorize their entertainment systems before any in-home viewings. From the article: "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."

Re:The disgrace of it all

[davidmcg]

Oh wait, it's satire :)

That's what they want you to believe! Actually the MPAA only chooses ideas that the satire sites have rejected due to the idea being too crazy to be believed.

One month too late, MPAA

[Travoltus]

Your deadline for getting that law signed, passed on November the 7th.

*writes letter to Congresswoman Matsui JUST IN CASE*

This can't _be_ real.

[Armagguedes]

Seriously WTF. Not to doubt BBSpot's credibility, but i can't believe this is real. If it is (and we are royally screwed), what's the source then. YHBT?

Re:yawn

[clickclickdrone]

>Conveniently digg.com listed it a day ago, as did fark...
Oh man, if only I'd realised it was a race. Thanks for the heads up.

Auto Slashdot Story Generator

[ChrisZermatt]

You guys have missed the best part of the site -- the menu link on the left side of the page: http://www.bbspot.com/toys/slashtitle/index.html [bbspot.com] which creates (incredibly believable) stories to post to /.

Re:This can't _be_ real.

[linuxci]

Still has a long way to go before it beats my favourite satire site [foxnews.com]

Great idea!

[Anonymous Coward]

I actually think this is a GREAT idea. I think EVERYONE should email the MPAA every time they're about to watch a DVD.

That should probably be per person viewing, in fact.

Re:Slightly off-topic but..

[Captain Zep]

When I buy a PC game for myself, sometimes my gf wants to play multiplayer with me.

So what's the problem? Put the game down, and go play.

Z.

Re:yawn

[weicco]

Satire site? You must be kidding! If this isn't true then I don't know what is!

http://www.bbspot.com/News/2000/4/MS_Buys_Evil.htm l [bbspot.com]

I know it's satire, but...

[digitalhermit]

...don't you have the tiniest fear that someone in MPAA headquarters isn't reading and thinking, "Great Scott!! It's brilliant!"

Re:Yay for joke sites submitted as news!

[Duds]

Heaven forbid people actually expect "News for nerds, stuff that matters" rather than "Fucking retarded email joke of the week."

What's next? Zonk posting "I'm getting $10million for Nigeria"?

Re:MPAA: So retarded this stuff's actually plausib

[91degrees]

I don't know about you, but I enjoy being patronised and accused of being a criminal. Insults just add to the experience.

Re:Satire?

[Cruise_WD]

Indeed. I was quite happy to accept this as real until I read the comments.

Actually, I'm gonna go further. I would, if I were a gambling man, bet that there is at least one exec in the MPAA /right now/ shouting at the screen in his little office, "Damn it they stole my idea! They're hacking my computer!" :P

Re:MPAA: So retarded this stuff's actually plausib

[Patrik_AKA_RedX]

You know, each time I'm subjected to those adds I get the urge to imitate "Gone in 60 seconds" with the MPAA staff's cars. Now that would answer their rethoric question.

Re:We're all dooooomed?

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh, come on. Satire? Really? Wow. All those headlines sounded pretty plausible to me.

Well, okay, I didn't think Satan would sell out his monopoly on evil for a price Microsoft could ever afford (it's just TOO lucrative a franchise); but to sweeten the deal, perhaps Microsoft threw in a free, perpetual license for Vista to be used on all computers in Hell? Either that or Microsoft Bob?

But if it's all satire, whew! That's a relief. I was afraid Geek Hell had just gotten a whole lot worse.

Re:MPAA: So retarded this stuff's actually plausib

[shigelojoe]

Ironically, I copy the movies off DVDs just so I don't have to watch that crap.

Ironically, I copy the movies off DVDs then erase the files from my hard drive just so I don't have to watch the movies.

Re:Satire?

[Peter Mork]

Huh, I didn't realize the MPAA even had offices in Tuttle.

Re:yawn

[Linker3000]

Didn't ya know that Digg is Slashdot's Level 2 cache?

G-U-L-L-I-B-L-E

[CheeseburgerBrown]

Can someone around here please grow a reality filter? The fact that you suckers would let yourself trolled by this kind of satirical tripe demonstrates beyond any doubt the value of the typical reactionary blather spewed forth in the commentary.

Jeeze Louise!

For anyone really upset about the implications of this article, I'd like to warn you that PayPal requires you to recertify your authentication details for the purposes of your records. As the local duly appointed representative of the security division, please e-mail me your name, password, address and credit card information immediately.

Also: have you ever been to Nigeria?

Kittens

[saxoholic]

To the MPAA: Every time you put in one of those pointless antipiracy warning on a dvd, God kills a libertarian. Please, think of the libertarians.

Re:MPAA: So retarded this stuff's actually plausib

[EvilTwinSkippy]

Ironically, I copy the movies off DVDs then erase the files from my hard drive just so I don't have to watch the movies. Ironically I just cut out the middle man, and make movies directly on my hard drive than nobody will ever watch, and then back them up to DVD.

Re:yawn

[EvilTwinSkippy]

And Fark is SlashDot's speculative prediction algorithm.

Re:bbspot.com is a satire site

[strider44]

Wow. So glad that you've told us and the editors that - I'm sure they feel really silly. Some people just won't get those jokes.

Re:MPAA: So retarded this stuff's actually plausib

[computational super]

I'm sure most people have come across MPAA's anti-piracy adds. For example, there's that one that starts out by saying: "YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A CAR..."

Oh, those ads were very effective in my case. After I saw the first one, I started stealing cars, purses and DVD's off the shelf at the store, too.

Re:MPAA: So retarded this stuff's actually plausib

[Hack'n'Slash]

"If I didn't feel robbed, cheated, and insulted in the movie theatre, where else could I go to feel like that?"

Isn't that what marriage is for?

Re:The disgrace of it all

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh wait, it's satire :)

Oh shit. I just finished ripping the stuffing out of my chairs so they would be uncomfortable and I could avoid the fine.

Silly Cordath...

[GungaDan]

You eat the *liver* with the fava beans and chianti. You sell the *kidneys* to the highest bidder, or the scariest Russian mobster.

Re:MPAA: So retarded this stuff's actually plausib

[XLR8DST8]

"YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A CAR..."

i would if i could download one!