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MPAA comments on hacking attacks
FILM INDUSTRY ORGANISATION the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has commented on the hacktivist attack by Anonymous that shut down its web site and accused the group of trying to silence "ideas".
Somewhere there are kettles and pots having a giggle about the MPAA response, which paints itself and the other organisations targeted as innocent victims.
"Our website and many others, were attacked today and the hacker group Anonymous is claiming responsibility for the attacks," it said.
"Unfortunately, some groups believe that speech or ideas that they disagree with should be silenced. This could not be more wrong. No matter the point of view, everyone has a right to be heard.
"The motion picture and television industry has always been a strong supporter of free speech. We strongly condemn any attempts to silence any groups or individuals.
"The Internet is home to creativity, innovation and free speech. We want to keep it that way. Protecting copyrights and protecting free speech go hand in hand."
We have repeated the statement in full lest anyone think that we have meddled with it to make it look even crazier than it actually is.
That an organisation that lobbied the US Congress to pass the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) is posturing about free speech and the freedom of ideas is ridiculous, but it is part of a pattern. We have already seen the MPAA denounce this week's web site blackouts as malicious abuses of power.
"Technology business interests are resorting to stunts that punish their users or turn them into their corporate pawns, rather than coming to the table to find solutions to a problem that all now seem to agree is very real and damaging," said a statement signed by MPAA CEO and former US Senator Chris Dodd.
"It is an irresponsible response and a disservice to people who rely on them for information and use their services. It is also an abuse of power given the freedoms these companies enjoy in the marketplace today." µ
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We seem to be having the same problem with "Morris" over at The Register.
Why Morris? Well, I made the association between a post here on The Inquirer and one on The Register which were virtually the same. On the Register the commentard posted as an Anonymous Coward but on here used the moniker "Morris D" (search for the name and you'll find it).
Fortunately, since I made the initial connection between "Morris D" here on The Inquirer and the "AC" commentard on The Register a few other people have started to pick up on it. We can tell other "AC" posts by Morris because the rhetoric is always the same.
As a result Morris is quickly becoming the most downvoted commentard on The Register. Ever. (292 downvotes from just 4 comments, and still counting...)
You have our sympathies if Morris is still shilling/trolling The Inquirer comments too.
Is this some reverse psychology thing. They support a bill that gives them the right by law to silence who ever they want and they dare claim that people that oppose are not respectful of their free speech. F*ck you.
I GUESS I NEVER REALIZED HOW MUCH MONEY THERE IS IN COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT, UNTIL I SAW THE MEGAUPLOAD MANSIONS.
ITS HARD TO FAULT THE MPAA BECAUSE AS FAR AS I KNOW THEY HAVENT BROKEN ANY LAWS, AT LEAST NOBODY ACCUSED THEM OF BREAKING LAWS. THEY JUST WORK WITHIN THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK PROVIDED TO EVERYONE, SAME LIKE ANYBODY ELSE COULD DO AND WOULD DO.
ULTIMATELY, THE MESSAGE IS PRETTY CLEAR, IF YOU CANT AFFORD THE TIME THEN JUST DONT DO THE CRIME!
FOR EXAMPLE, IT WOULD BE EPICLY UNCOOL TO GO TO JAIL FOR STEALING A WHAM! ALBUM. COULD YOU IMAGINE WHAT THE OTHER INMATES WOULD DO TO YOU IF THEY EVER FOUND OUT? OHMIGOSH.
I'll bet the DOJ gets the last laugh in this whole deal. Hacking just makes it easier for them to track Anonymous. In a few weeks we read about more members being arrested.
So I can hide your comments!
*poof*
Hacking ain't going to change copyright laws. Copyright laws are going to get tougher because piracy continues.
Never before has the shill'dom been so clearly obvious. I wonder if their pro-mpaariaaetc trolling system is automated, comments and all.
Who cares what Anonymous thinks? Their hacking is illegal and they will go to prison for it.
Copyright laws are not going to allow piracy. SOPA and other legislation will be written to prevent the infringement of copyright protected works. If you can't deal with that then you'll have to pay the price.
You can spin it any way you want but this is reality.
The MPAA was heard and no one wanted to hear it. Anonymous did what they did as an act of war, not to suppress the freedom of speech. When SOPA declared war on the internet, the internet fought back. SOPA and the MPAA were heard and no one liked what they had to say, they were not suppressed.
Noone obviously knows that cNet, a branch of CBS, is topping the ranks in spreading torrent downloaders, they even had their own torrentsite until a year ago, with instruction how to search for Britney Spears etc, they even had(have) banners on Microsoft MSN to download torrent programs from download.cnet.com
SOPA was well intentioned but poorly written. It will be redone and passed. No one will lose any freedoms but pirates will see increased punishment.
Bob - you, and people like you, do not understand this issue. It is not about whether or not piracy should be legal. This issue is about SOPA and PIPA being the another step in removing more of our freedoms (of speech, in particular). If allowed to pass, it is only a matter of time WHEN they are both abused (in the name of copyright infringement) to remove more of our freedoms.
I wholeheartedly agree that someone who break the law should be punished, but that is not the issue here.
It's good to hear that most civilized countries are finally getting serious about punishing pirates. Mandatory fines and jail sentences seems to be all that these people in denial understand about piracy. Maybe a stay at the Iron Bar Hotel will enlighten them why society has copyright laws.
This is exactly the kind of thing that gets laws changed people standing up to corporate purchased governments,your you have to change your view because the government said so stance is the most pathetic sheople view one can have.Great change come out of great action the US itself was found by a bunch of free thinkers that could no longer take the orders of the governmental overlords...the same is coming to pass LOOK OUT !!
Hating on the RIAA or MPAA will never change copyright laws. You might as well adjust your POV because reality ain't changing.
MPAA comments that people rely on them.
How funny ! I hope they didn't let a computer render that sentence as they render their "movies".....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Patents_Company
The heading "Backlash and Decline" mentions that Hollywood (movie business) was founded to avoid Copyright litigation with the MPPC in the East Coast
HOW IRONIC!!!!
MPAA: What's all this shit? who's throwing all this shit around? look! a trail of shit. Maybe we can follow it.
Wait a moment, that's odd. It leads in a circle, but what can that mean?!