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RIAA and MPAA call for government mandated spyware

  • 07-05-2010 3:27pm
    #1
    wolfric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭


    The RIAA and MPAA call for government mandated spyware on computers to fight piracy.
    you didn’t already think the people behind the RIAA and MPAA were insane, we’re positive that your opinion on them will change as soon as your read what the two associations have proposed in a recent letter to the Office of Intellectual Property Enforcement. Here are but some of the changes the two have asked for:
    The installation of spyware on computers which would seek out and automatically delete illegally obtained media
    Censorship of the internet which would block the transfer of illegal files
    Giving border guards the authority to search one’s tech gear for illegal files
    The lobbying of foreign governments to follow suit
    Having the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security actively and swiftly enforcing copyright laws
    Scary as hell, right?
    http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/04/15/riaa-and-mpaa-call-for-government-mandated-spyware-on-computers-to-fight-piracy/
    http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/15/big-contents-dystopi.html

    Considering some of the displays of technical savvy by the high courts recently i'd be pretty scared.


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Last roll of the dice for two organisations which have utterly failed to fulfil their mandate.


  • #3
    Keano
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,804 Mod ✭✭✭✭Keano


    I presume you mean the US government?


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