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Old 12-05-07   #1 (permalink)
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Default [TPU] MPAA Caught In Copyright Scandal

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The Inquirer cites the MPAA as the "champion of nothing good nor right, on a crusade against it's customers for nearly as long as the RIAA." While the MPAA would ordinarily scoff at such allegations, they seem to be right in the middle of them this time. While they frequently are seen trying to get software pirates and copyright violators off the digital streets, they were recently caught violating copyrights. It all started when the MPAA released a toolkit for universities to use in a quest to find potential software pirates. This toolkit was compiled with a lot of open-source material. However, it would seem as though someone at the MPAA overlooked part of the GPL agreement.
The MPAA modified the source code of said open source programs and neglected to release the modified versions. Since doing this to an open source program is against the GPL agreement, it didn't take long for concerned copyright owners to contact the MPAA. The copyright holders got nothing more than "clueless secretaries". In a twist of fate, the copyright holders contacted the ISP that the MPAA was using, and got the content removed. It is not clear whether or not the original copyright owners will get monetary compensation for the infringement.
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All i have to say is lawl... The anti-piracy firms appear to be loosing ground quickly. To stoop lower than the pirate themselves (who're stealing from nameless faceless corporations) and steal open source software.... I hope this continual breach in edicate draws some attention and these companies start loosing their funding.
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MPAA: OWNED harder than a noob on a CS1.6 server
agreed. the GPL calling the MPAA's ISP and having content from THEIR website taken down... priceless!
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This just goes to show that there really is nothing they can do to stop it. If the people who are the trying to stop it have to break their own regs then how will they stop it legally.
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...Sucks when everyone has to play by the rules, eh?
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Maybe this will bring to light all the dirty tactics they use to sue people and try to force people into paying if their guilty or not.
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Heh, the MPAA is finally getting ramrodded anally. It's magnificent.

They're not going to stop pirates. One form of piracy, that will always work no matter what software you have on the media, is simply running the output into a digital recorder and recording a DRM-free version of the media, full quality. It's not hard, any computer with an AIW card and S-video or Composite in can do it. This is how it used to be done, way back when VHS/Beta wars were going on. You simply can't write-protect the signal from component or s-video.
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