Extra Future[It’s not just for the MPAA anymore.][link] Lots of these films probably made more from the lawsuits than they did in the theater.
[link]: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/06/the-riaa-amateurs-heres-how-you-sue-p2p-users.ars “The RIAA? Amateurs. Heres how you sue 14,000+ P2P users”
[This is, apparently, not a joke][link]. What it is, is 4 minutes of some poor hired goon trying to pretend like this isn’t the biggest pain in the ass of thing to attempt. The video summary says:
>At the DMCA 1201 hearings at the Copyright Office at the Library of Congress, representatives from the MPAA showed a video demonstrating how users can videorecord a TV set. They argue this is an acceptable analog alternative to breaking copy protection on a DVD.
The mind reels.
[link]: http://www.vimeo.com/4520463 “MPAA shows how to videorecord a TV set on Vimeo”
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