MPAA Lobbying for Home Theater Regulations
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Posted 27 November 2006 - 11:56 PM
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.
dont get too comfortable while watching that movie, you might be arrested!
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Posted 28 November 2006 - 12:24 AM
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Posted 28 November 2006 - 01:32 AM
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Posted 28 November 2006 - 02:32 AM
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That's not to say that something like this is beyond the Nazi-esque behavior of organizations like the MPAA...
Edited by brewin, 28 November 2006 - 02:38 AM.
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Posted 28 November 2006 - 02:54 AM
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Posted 28 November 2006 - 03:02 AM
brewin, on Nov 27 2006, 06:32 PM, said:
That's not to say that something like this is beyond the Nazi-esque behavior of organizations like the MPAA...
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Posted 28 November 2006 - 03:08 AM
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Posted 28 November 2006 - 03:11 AM
Nvyseal, on Nov 27 2006, 09:02 PM, said:
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Posted 28 November 2006 - 03:17 AM
talker, on Nov 27 2006, 07:08 PM, said:
Wouldn't suprize me if it is real
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Posted 28 November 2006 - 05:28 AM
It's all "going in a hand basket..." isn't it?
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Posted 28 November 2006 - 01:16 PM
bluerip, on Nov 27 2006, 11:28 PM, said:
It is...if we allow it to do so. From our complacency, from our whimpering without action, from our "somebody needs to do something" attitudes, it all will slip away. We need to realize that we are the somebody that needs to do something. One voice can't be heard over the clamor of the corruption taking place. Many voices, united as one, can change a city, a state, a nation. If we remain silent, then the consequences are predetermined. If we rise up, as one, and speak then our destiny and fate becomes one of our choosing, not theirs...talker.
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Posted 29 November 2006 - 01:10 AM
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