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MPAA Dead-set to Kill Analog (#1119)
Posted: 4/19/2003; 9:24 PM by Terry Frazier
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Cory Doctorow documents the appalling plans the MPAA has for analog consumer devices in And MPAA Sayeth, Let There Be 5 States for Analog. It seems the MPAA views itself as the only real arbiter of what is, and is not, suitable technology. And they are on a desperate witch-hunt to lock up every conceivable opening where a consumer might actually exercise choice without getting billed for it. This stuff makes no sense for anyone outside the MPAA/RIAA executive suites, and they know it. That's why they continue to exclude the press from all of their public meetings. It must be nice to view yourself as the center of the universe.

I can't help but draw a parallel to how the Church persecuted Galileo for teaching that Earth revolved around the Sun, just at the dawning of the Thirty Years War that would be its downfall. The MPAA may be entering its own Thirty Years War. I'll bet it doesn't take that long for the Church to fall this time around.

You have the right to.... ...whatever rights the MPAA grants you. And you'll be damn happy to have them! That essentially sums up the MPAA's attitude toward "consumer" rights to listen/watch/copy/balance on their heads the media they purchase, er, license. [algorhythm]
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