This time, it's the MPAA, which used its clout to kill a bill that would have protected people from having their private information used and/or stolen. The reason? The MPAA said it would interfere with their investigations into piracy.
Excuse me?
They "need to pose as someone other than who [they] are to stop illegal downloading," according to a source quoted in the article.
Pardon me for questioning the MPAA - the geniuses who brought us PG-13 and other movie ratings logics that give a blessing to genital torture but not tits - but don't we have, you know, police and FBI and Interpol to deal with things like this? We get reminded of it in those non-fastforwardable sections on every DVD. And their powers wouldn't be eliminated by this bill, which would have given individuals the right to seek financial redress if their information was stolen and used.
What exactly is the MPAA up to? Am I going to have to write them a love letter too?
Posted by binky at December 3, 2006 03:40 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Corporate Bullshit | Liberty | Media