HOme Cinema regulations (USA)

http://www.bbspot.com/News/2006/11/h...gulations.html

"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.

Anyone with a home theater would need to pay a $50 registration fee with the
MPAA or face fines up to $500,000 per movie shown. "

"Just because you buy a DVD to watch at home doesn't give you the right to
invite friends over to watch it too.
That's a violation of copyright and denies us the revenue that would be
generated from DVD sales to your friends," said Glickman.

Vass wrote:
http://www.bbspot.com/News/2006/11/h...gulations.html

"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.
Anyone with a home theater would need to pay a $50 registration fee
with the MPAA or face fines up to $500,000 per movie shown. "

"Just because you buy a DVD to watch at home doesn't give you the
right to invite friends over to watch it too.
That's a violation of copyright and denies us the revenue that would
be generated from DVD sales to your friends," said Glickman.

The world has gone mad. This is too depressing to talk about ...Not because
I fear it coming in anywhere -just because it's so thick-stoopid as a
suggestion.


-Kevin.

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Email replies to:

Gunther Gloop wrote:
Vass wrote:
http://www.bbspot.com/News/2006/11/h...gulations.html

"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.
Anyone with a home theater would need to pay a $50 registration fee
with the MPAA or face fines up to $500,000 per movie shown. "

"Just because you buy a DVD to watch at home doesn't give you the
right to invite friends over to watch it too.
That's a violation of copyright and denies us the revenue that would
be generated from DVD sales to your friends," said Glickman.

The world has gone mad. This is too depressing to talk about ...Not
because I fear it coming in anywhere -just because it's so
thick-stoopid as a suggestion.

Oh come on! It's a fairly obvious piece of satire, as becomes even more
apparent if you read the original, which includes:

"The bill would require that any hardware manufactured in the future
contain technology that tells the MPAA directly of what is being shown and
specific details on the audience. The data would be gathered using various
motion sensors and biometric technology.[...]

The bill also stipulates that any existing home theaters be
retrofitted with the technology or else the owner is responsible for
directly informing the MPAA and receiving approval before each viewing."

Pyriform wrote on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 10:10:32 -0000:

Oh come on! It's a fairly obvious piece of satire, as becomes even more
apparent if you read the original, which includes:

It's even more obvious if you look at the site footer:

"BBSpot is a satirical news and comedy source and meant to be funny. If you
are easily offended, gullible or don't have a sense of humor we suggest you
go elsewhere."



Dan