ACTA Treaty and RIAA Sleaziness all in one Thread - A Must Read

[DjfunkmasterG]

You may or may not have heard of ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, being negotiated between the US and other territories, drafted by a California law maker.

If this Treaty passes it can act as a DMCA for global purposes, outlawing everything from, P2P, even if used legally, to region free DVD players.

http://consumerist.com/tag/copyright/?i=5014035&t=leaked-acta-treaty-will-outlaw-p2p

And in other News... the Sleazy RIAA is at it again.

One week before a lawsuit was to be dismissed by the court, the RIAA voluntairly stopped the case, only to re-file it later to get a different judge, but not informing either judge of the ole' switcheroo.

The defendants attorney, made the alert ot the court officials.

http://consumerist.com/tag/riaa/?i=5016571&t=riaa-pulls-case-before-it-can-be-dismissed-then-refiles-days-later-to-get-different-judge

[MinionZombie]

region free DVD players

That especially makes no sense. Who cares if they're region free, the people using them are BUYING THE DISCS!

I've got a region free player, well a simple handset combination code made it free - in other words the factory code some bloke types in on each one or whatever.

Anyway, I've bought a shedload of R1 discs - BOUGHT - what's wrong with that?

How about they stop screwing over the UK with later releases, that often aren't as good as the R1 versions?!

Or how about they yank that sh*tty stick out their asses and f*ck off.

[rightwing401]

I think Andrew Jackson put it best in this situation.

"You made the law, now enforce it."