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p2pnet.net News:- The Inquirer’s Charlie Demerjian went to see the new Miami Vice movie and wasn’t impressed, giving it a rating of about 8 on the 1 to Infinity scale.
Apparently, “Colin Farrell was about as suave and cool as the guy running around a NASCAR infield, drunk out of his mind, rebel flag in hand, skid-marked underwear showing.”
But every cloud, etc, etc, and “I stumbled upon the newest stealth rights removal reeducation campaign from the people that brought you DRM,” he says.
“Yes, the MPAA, RIAA or BSA, I am not sure which are behind this new tact, stealth infection of modern culture,” says Demerjian.
So what are they up to now?
“They are now starting to equate piracy, or their version of it, with all the things that are bad in the world. Remember the ‘piracy funds terrorists’ laugher a few months ago? They learned, and are doing it through the back door now, the front door got them nowhere.
“Now, they are slipping the message in through ‘blowoff’ lines, trying to infect modern culture. There was a scene in Miami Vice where they were discussing the big bad drug dealers, and how international they were. The good guys listed all the thing the bad guys were capable of bringing into the US, Cocaine, Heroin, etc, etc. They listed it as coke from Colombia, heroin from Afganistan, X from Y and A from B. Pretty normal stuff. At the end, they added ‘pirated software from China’.
But, Charlie, you shouldn’t be surprised. All three corporate cop units have been bleating about how file sharing is responsible for everything from the arrival of illegal aliens to the early failure of some 60-watt light bulbs.
“They have lost the online war, and are starting to lose in the courts,” adds the story. “The overt attempts at bending conversations have failed, mainly because they are wrong, so now they are trying the back door.”
(Thanks, Chicken Little ; )
Also See:
The Inquirer - RIAA/MPAA adopt new stealth tactic , July 29, 2006
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July 31st, 2006 at 1:30 pm
And I thought I was a moron.
Everyone knows that illegitimate software is traded on the streets of China.
But I have yet to see any pirates stealing that software as it comes into port…
July 31st, 2006 at 1:48 pm
Thanks for the laugh; well written and very funny !
[Similarly, Australia has a long running (was going to say popular but that reflects poorly on our society) night time drama that played out a story recently about a father engaging in commerical movie piracy - to help the family out with some extra money - he had to skip town cos the police were on to him and the wife copped a $27,000 fine and took the blame for him. LOL ]
July 31st, 2006 at 4:50 pm
in the movie.. this super computer airplane downloads all the music off the internet
and they make a “cute” line about
“uh oh he’s gonna be in trouble with the recording companies.”
i about rolled out of my computer chair when i heard that.
July 31st, 2006 at 6:06 pm
Yup. I had a post on that and I’d meant to include it.
http://p2pnet.net/story/5787
But my attention kinda wandered when I read Michael Geist’s column ;p
http://p2pnet.net/story/9492
Cheers!
August 1st, 2006 at 11:34 am
“giving it a rating of about 8 on the 1 to Infinity scale”
I thought that was brilliant!