RIAA, MPAA... license to Kill?
 

License to Kill?

To: Hilary Rosen
Chairman and CEO,
Recording Industry Association of America

Jack Valenti
President and CEO,
Motion Picture Association of America

If some one cuts the brake lines of my car because they don’t like my being able (free) to drive… is that somehow OK?

Is that somehow a … license to kill?

If some one hacks my computer… is that somehow… OK?

I note (from Zeropaid.com)…

U.S. Gov't Agencies need Warrant to Hack
posted by cheapprick on November 15, 2002 @ 08:08am

One common question was answered this month. The seemingly two-faced idea of sending hackers to prison for life and using them to hack others recieved some direction.

A U.S. judge ruled that info found by a hacker without a warrant could not be used against the… …that was hacked.

From ZDnet: "A federal judge has ruled that law enforcement officials went too far when they tried to use evidence gathered by a known hacker…

read: RIAA… read: MPAA

…The decision, handed down earlier this month, is believed to be the first to say that hacking into an Internet-connected home PC without a warrant

violates the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures."


And oh by the way, also… (from Zeropaid.com)…

The RIAA Explanation For CD Price Gouging
posted by hawkburn on October 09, 2002 @ 04:46pm

Taken from the RIAA website: "A typical music fan who buys a CD

might use that CD at home, take that CD in the car, make a tape of that CD, – or using it as part of a compilation, play that CD with friends and for friends, and keep that CD for many years.

That’s probably why most consumers, when asked, describe CDs as a good value.


DRM indeed!!!

PS. Your willful stupidity does you no credit, you have my sympathies.