It’s OK, it’s in my vault..

Posted Saturday, December 2nd 2006

Sometimes I can’t help but wonder just how lost is the MPAA when it comes to actually dealing with copyright issues. In fact, I wonder how strictly they follow their own rules.

Well, apparently, they don’t. A film maker called Kirby Dick made a movie that tries to investigate censoring boards, and in the process, submitted his very film to the MPAA ratings board. Although he was promised that no copies of his movie would be made, because the MPAA’s own regulations state that even making one single copy for personal use is illegal, a copy was indeed made.

When Kirby Dick asked the MPAA whether copies have been made, he got a call from an MPAA lawyer who stated that a copy had indeed been made, but he also told Dick not to worry, because the copy is “safe in my vault“.

Interesting. Priceless actually.. This sets quite the legal precedent.

EDIT: Just saw this. Apparently, the MPAA managed to kill an anti-pretexting bill. The bill, if it got passed into a law, would effectively forbid the MPAA to use deceptive pretexting in order to get private information about people. The bill went through the loops and almost got passed, but right before the end, the MPAA started lobbying to have it thrown out.

They said “We need to pose as someone other than who we are to stop illegal downloading.” - How nice and honest.

Seriously, this is so insane, it’s almost unbelievable. Read more here.

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