MPAA needs some serious ...

Harald Krause

Probably Soapbox material, however enjoy! http://www.bbspot.com/News/2006/11/home-theater-regulations.html[^]

Nish Nishant

Harald Krause wrote:

Probably Soapbox material, however enjoy!

That's a satirical write up :-) It's also a re-post from yesterday, but with the recent animosity towards re-post mentions, I'll just ignore that.

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Chris Meech

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: The only way that article could even be considered sensible is if the calendar said it was April 1st. :) What a bunch of power hungry, ignorant, idiots. :doh:

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amclint

Must be nice having tons of $ to throw around....seems like laws only apply when you don't have enough $ to lobby congress.

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Bijesh

"The MPAA defines a home theater as any home with a television larger than 29" with stereo sound and at least two comfortable chairs, couch, or futon. " ROTFL!

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Rick York

Here's one of several statements that I can not believe : "Just because you buy a DVD to watch at home doesn't give you the right to invite friends over to watch it too." Astonishing. :wtf:

El Corazon

amclint wrote:

seems like laws only apply when you don't have enough $ to lobby congress.

Although the article is satire, we do honor the golden rule. He who owns the gold, makes the rules.

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J Dunlap

It's "The Onion"-style satirical humor. ;-P

Lost User

ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!!!! THESE PEOPLE NEED TO BE THROWN IN JAIL FOR EVEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS SUCH GARBAGE.:omg::wtf::omg::wtf::mad:

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amclint

I'm glad we're paying congress to deal with this crap...because I'm sure they don't have anything better to do :rolleyes:

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Pierre Leclercq

Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

recent animosity towards re-post mentions

When I did a post about John's "Re-Post" message, that was not really animosity. I thought it was funny to tell him his RePost post was a repost of his former posts... Anyway...

Nish Nishant

Pierre Leclercq wrote:

When I did a post about John's "Re-Post" message, that was not really animosity. I thought it was funny to tell him his RePost post was a repost of his former posts... Anyway...

I wasn't referring to you - in fact I don't even remember reading this specific thread you are talking about. I was being more general :-) In any case, I got a 1-vote just for mentioning it - shows that some people are weak.

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Pierre Leclercq

Here is the link: http://www.codeproject.com/lounge.asp?Page=2&userid=7741&mode=all&select=1774194&df=100&tid=1774072&forumid=1159&exp=1&fr=200#xx1774194xx[^] I got a 1 too for this one :( BTW I did not vote on you, I prefered to post a reply :)

S Douglas

Re-post from the other day, turns out BBSpot is good for Satire. Not that I would put something of this nature past the laywers from MPAA. MPAA Lobbying for Home Theater Regulations[^]

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