Okay, I was browsing the web today, and happened across an article on Slashdot that was talking about a new program that the MPAA and the RIAA put out.
This program is to "'helps consumers check whether their computers have peer-to-peer software and potentially infringing copies of motion pictures and other copyrighted material..."
Okay, from the thread that I was reading from (here it seems that the program is a big brute that wants to kill every single media file on your computer. Nice, isn't it...
Note that this includes all Windows-packaged MP3s, WAVs, and AVIs; plus any files that you have purchused legally or have made on your own.
Also, it should be noted that this is targeted at parents, who may or may not be the most competent computer engineers around your house. If your parents are savvy (or you are a savvy parent) than that's one thing. However, I know that my mom would have no clue as to what it was really doing. So, it could happen that when you get home from school one day...windows will complain very loudly.
Also, it should be noted that the software will also attack any P2P (Peer to Peer) software that you may have. This has led to the software wanting to kill off peoples printers...
So. What will we do now? And what will they try next?
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I have a feeling that a random news site shall soon be commenting about this article as well...
Given that the average parent does not know as much about computers as their kids, the program will show all of these files with the potential of being illegally downloaded. They will bow to the threats of being sued by this group and their thugs and will delete all of the files. I personally have close to 30,000 mp3 files on my machine and maybe 200 of them at the most have been downloaded, and most of those were recorded by groups that broke up years ago and stopped selling CDs.
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