MPAA wants your "home theater" to have a licence (and spy tech)

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Perhaps people need to be outraged with this little bit of Big Brother

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Los Angeles , CA - The MPAA is lobbying congress to push through a new bill that would make unauthorized home theaters illegal. The group feels that all theaters should be sanctioned, whether they be commercial settings or at home.

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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.

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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.

http://www.bbspot.com/News/2006/11/home-theater-regulations.html

On DABS.com (UK online dealer) 144 of 185 TVs offered are 30" diagonal or more, all are (at least) stereo capable, rooms with a TV in them seem to have more than 2 or more comfortable chairs. Does this proposal strike you as just a licence to .....






print money?