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 Friday May 08 2009

The MPAA is Freaking Insane!

Ars Technica reports that MPAA: teachers should videotape monitors, not rip DVDs.

Basically the MPAA thinks that having teachers record a video using a camcorder videoing a tv is a good way to not pirate. Isnt’ this essentially the same thing as a cam version of a current release movie? They suck, so why would a teacher show an inferior product in the classroom that requires more work to produce than just ripping a clip from a DVD.

Watch the video below for an example of the whole convoluted mess.

MPAA shows how to videorecord a TV set from timothy vollmer on Vimeo.

After how many years the MPAA and RIAA still haven’t gotten it and now they’re going after underfunded schools with overworked teachers. Unbelievable.



Sean. inscribed these words of wisdom on Friday May 8, 2009 at 06:49 PM
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Chris in South Korea wrote 67 words  on  Wednesday May 27, 2009  at  09:40 AM Korea (South)

Wow - isn’t this the same they tell you NOT to do at the theaters? OK, so you can videotape a screen in a classroom (fair use purposes, presumably), but you can’t use the same technology in the same way at a different place…

I don’t think anyone actually expects the MPAA to make sense except… well, maybe the MPAA. Rip and clip all the way =)

Sean.

Sean. wrote 2 words  on  Wednesday May 27, 2009  at  09:41 AM China

Amen, brother.

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