Chew Chew Chew Me: That proposed legislation, with its emphasis on criminalizing "ATTEMPTS" to infringe copyright, and seizing blank media "INTENDED" to be used in copyright infringement, sounds like someone has been watching "Minority Report" a few too many times.
Department of Precrime, anyone?
Perhaps in the not-too-distant future, the black-suited SWAT team will be rappelling through your skylight, not because some psychic precogs could tell you were about to kill your wife, but because you launched a Blu-Ray copying tool and were "about" to make an illegal copy of "Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby."
I was really hoping more for a future in which the black-suited SWAT team would crash through your ceiling if you were about to make the mistake of WATCHING "Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby." Perhaps instead of arresting you, they'd simply seize the offending disc and replace it with a film by Kurosawa or Bergman. "There you go," they'd say, handing you an HD disc of "Wild Strawberries." "We're going to let you off with a warning this time. Get yourself into a rehab program, and for God's sake, stop watching this Will Farrell stuff."
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Chew Chew Chew Me: That proposed legislation, with its emphasis on criminalizing "ATTEMPTS" to infringe copyright, and seizing blank media "INTENDED" to be used in copyright infringement, sounds like someone has been watching "Minority Report" a few too many times.
Department of Precrime, anyone?
Perhaps in the not-too-distant future, the black-suited SWAT team will be rappelling through your skylight, not because some psychic precogs could tell you were about to kill your wife, but because you launched a Blu-Ray copying tool and were "about" to make an illegal copy of "Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby."
I was really hoping more for a future in which the black-suited SWAT team would crash through your ceiling if you were about to make the mistake of WATCHING "Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby." Perhaps instead of arresting you, they'd simply seize the offending disc and replace it with a film by Kurosawa or Bergman. "There you go," they'd say, handing you an HD disc of "Wild Strawberries." "We're going to let you off with a warning this time. Get yourself into a rehab program, and for God's sake, stop watching this Will Farrell stuff."
Thank you, Officer... thank you...