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MPAA satire is just too realistic

There are always people who find it hard to distinguish between sarcastic and real stories. And it is even harder if the story is about the MPAA. Why? Well, it’s just too realistic, they do crazy things all the time.

mpaaI’m talking about a sarcastic piece posted on BBspot yesterday. According to the story, the MPAA is lobbying for a new bill that would prevent people from using their home theaters to watch movies with their friends.

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.

The story is funny, but the sad part is that it is so realistic (read: retarded) that thousands of people actually believed it.

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  • funkintelecky

    Well…good thing to know. I believed it! I agree with Ernesto, I wouldn’t put it past the MPAA to do something like this, in fact, this might have given the MPAA a new idea.

  • Smok Wawelski

    I don’t blame MPAA anymore. Most of “them” are using the internets to delete SPAM of their (paid) AOL account. Anyone with half-brain in the industry is working for google by now and the association is left with a dumb circle of self adoration. MPAA woke up with hand down their pants not knowing what the hell that new medium is all about. The earnings graphs are starting to level now, and the rats in the cage are running about blaming everyone around for their incompetence, afraid of shareholders’ wrath and/or panic. Customers made their choice and MPAA now just can bitch and moan. No one seen “Little man” because of the … pirates. Disney is starting to get it, the customers love quality content.

  • hikaricore

    woops…. guess I shouldn’t have prank called them all afternoon from work the other day.

  • LonInShort2

    Its not far from what I hear Satelite providers do to customers that show games at a place of business. Someone told me that business customers have to pay extra premiums to view PPV fights. So no I wouldn’t put it past the MPAA to make that a bill or maybe something close to that.

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