RIAA and MPAA call a halt on digital progress

User Comments: 17

1. January 23, 2006 12:59 PM
   vigilante said:
   wow, how far will this nonesense go?Good thing nobody ever posted a draft to limit the inovation of CPU, RAM, and video technologies.Seems to me, the public aught to post a draft stating that these companies are not allowed to interfere with digital media. lol
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2. January 23, 2006 1:04 PM
   asphix said:
   I'm also a little disturbed by this. They are limiting innovation in order to increase their profits.. there is something very wrong with that.
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3. January 23, 2006 1:30 PM
   mentaljedi said:
   I think the RIAA and MPAA should be scrapped and replaced by something run by the UN. Something like the UN Media Enforcment Counsil or some random name like that (Coincdence if it actually exists!)
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4. January 23, 2006 1:44 PM
   sngx1275 said:
   This is going too far. DRM as is already makes it a pain for me to take music bought through iTunes on my PC and play it on my other PC or my Mac. Limiting the progression of technology because it irritates a group is incredibly stupid. Surely this won't get passed.
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5. January 23, 2006 1:49 PM
   PanicX said:
   It's really amazing to me that the RIAA and MPAA haven't figured it out yet. They hold their breath while the pass legislation until they're blue in the face, it still won't stop copyright infringement. A bit is a bit, if it can be read, it can be copied. Did they forget that there is already legislation protecting copyrighted material? Hasn't that prevented piracy? Maybe if they throw dozens more laws out there, it'll make them profits hand over fist. Morons.
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6. January 23, 2006 1:53 PM
   Masque said:
   Trouble is....they HAVE figured it out....which is why they're stooping to low tactics such as this. They're getting desperate and hoping nobody will notice enough to bring it to the attention of the rest of us.
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7. January 23, 2006 2:10 PM
   nathanskywalker said:
   [b]Originally posted by mentaljedi:[/b][quote]I think the RIAA and MPAA should be scrapped and replaced by something run by the UN. Something like the UN Media Enforcment Counsil or some random name like that (Coincdence if it actually exists!)[/quote]i agree, but um...well i would have some rather harsh words for anything resembling the Un if they took over. These people are bad enough, if someone as incompetent as the Un took over, well i think computer geeks are going to have alot more trouble than we already do. Gosh, why can't the just stop putting stupid restrictions on us?[quote]Want to save that historic 2007 SuperBowl? In the US, forget it. Your offspring debuted on national TV network? Sorry, no saving the tape unless your kid brings the it home from the station (and even that could be illegal too).[/quote]Hyperbole, but then again, mabye not. Gosh this is really getting reiduclulus, don' they understand that ridiculus restrictions are only going make more people hate them and do the opposite? And unless they really want to just fine 3/4 of America and put us all in jail, they really need to get their act togethor of just go away.
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8. January 23, 2006 2:34 PM
   Phantasm66 said:
   Basically, this is saying:"If anyone invents something better than a DVD or a Blu Ray or HD DVD device, and its likely to become a standard, its illegal for it to be released if it contains something we don't like."These kinds of comments are the norm from RIAA and MPAA now. They were asking for jail sentences of like 9 years and stuff for piracy in another story.
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9. January 23, 2006 2:47 PM
   cyrax said:
   Now if i didn't read it here first i would have thought that the article was a lie. The riaa and mpaa moves go so beyond obscene that no word exists. They are their own worst enemy since newer formats are needed not only to increase storage but to increase durability. Or maybe they want us to buy new versions every 6 months.
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10. January 23, 2006 2:52 PM
    DragonMaster said:
    They still aren't changing anything for DOWNLOADS -- which is the biggest problem, because quality is not THAT important. People still can play the video on their DVD, put a macrovision remover and plug it in their computer's video input. There will be no more protection in the movie and the loss in picture is not going to be that bad compared to the compressed end-result that the people are downloading.Copy-protection is just making the new technologies useless; You still can use your VHS recorder for everything, but it's not the same for your HDTV recorder. Also, with BluRay and HD-DVD drives, they will know on which players each discs will play and disable features on the players that they *think* is used for illegal watching. With the new protection, they will encourage people to download illegaly, because people will not want to disable their players. And if it continues like this, the only way to watch movies will be to download because there will be so much protection s*** that we will not be able to play any discs anymore.To save your Superbowl? Blow the dust off your VHS!
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11. January 23, 2006 2:53 PM
    Phantasm66 said:
    I bet that the AACS security technology in Blu-Ray and HD DVD gets used to automatically prosecute people in some way, or ban them from ever getting to watch movies again by locking out their player or something.
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12. January 23, 2006 7:09 PM
    DragonMaster said:
    I read a comment on the Blu-Ray article page and HD-DVD is the only one to disable features if people copy them. That's why M$ and Intel are on the HD-DVD side.
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13. January 24, 2006 2:05 AM
    exscind said:
    I'm against piracy, but there is still a line and the RIAA and MPAA crossed it with a big stride. These two organizations are trying to limit technology because it disagrees with what they're trying to accomplish. The old adage of "the right to swing your fist ends where the other man's nose begins" is valid here. The RIAA and the MPAA have their own responsibilities, and it includes the prevention of piracy. I don't disagree with the tough task in front of them; however, it doesn't give them the right to trample people's rights of benefiting from new technology if the availability is there. Censoring does not work; it has been tried in the past to only be replied with violent outbursts. Making technology at their disposal and only allowing what they want the public to have is not a positive way that benefits everyone. There are other methods, this is not one of them
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14. January 24, 2006 3:54 AM
    mav451 said:
    Wow. There are already far too many instances of people getting screwed trying to play a freakin' CD in their own computer. Now with the RIAA/MPAA actively making this even harder in the future, how do they expect anyone to be sane and stay legit.This is not about piracy, but simply easy of mind. Ease of mind says that a pure mp3, without other DRM b.s. attached to it, is the simplest way. I've pretty much already given up on most retail CD's. The last one I bought was the Snoopy XMas music CD...which fortunately didn't destroy my PC.THank god. At least I get my Xmas songs...
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15. January 24, 2006 9:12 AM
    Phantasm66 said:
    RIAA and MPAA released statements in aftermath of Sony DRM rootkit fiasco, saying that they thought it was absolutely the right thing to do.
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16. January 25, 2006 11:22 AM
    kwr_rc said:
    I haven't read any of this proposal yet, but my first thought is to write the congressman to express my feelings of this kind of idea. To get his thoughts on why someone would do such a bonehead thing. [url]http://gsmith.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Co
    tact.Home[/url] Also, write your own congressman as well. Let them know how crazy this proposal really is. Good luck all.
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17. January 25, 2006 3:07 PM
    Vaulden said:
    You have got to be kidding me?!Limit progress and innovation?My Congressmen will both receive an e-mail from me (even if it's out of my Representative's hands at the moment I want him to know).
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