Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
The Motion Picture of Association of America is urging some of the nation’s largest universities to deploy custom software designed to pinpoint students who may be using the schools’ networks to illegally download pirated movies. A closer look at the MPAA’s software, however, raises some serious privacy and security concerns for both the entertainment industry and the schools that choose to deploy the technology.
How this is even legal is insane. So, MPAA wants to go back to assuming everyone is guilty to ‘protect’ it’s assets? Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty?
The MPAA and the RIAA are modern mafias. They’re ruthless, gutless, and self absorbed. While I understand pirating is illegal, their tactics to reducing it are just as illegal. Don’t scare your consumers with threats and lawsuits. Acknowledge there is a problem, think outside of the box, and devise a new system to counter piracy. I know it’s not as simple as that, but there has to be something that will balance out piracy.
