Are you ready for this? (hoax alert)

According to a news report I just read...

The MPAA does not want to let you show your dvd's to your friends.

Apparently they want to license home theatres; and they want a $50 registration fee, plus technological measures to tell them what you are watching, when etc. Oh - and a home theatre is 29" tv or bigger, stereo, and two or morey comfy chairs or couch. IE basically every living room in North America.

And you have to get their approval before showing the dvd.

Here's a lovely quote:

""Just because you buy a DVD to watch at home doesn't give you the right to invite friends over to watch it too. That's a violation of copyright and denies us the revenue that would be generated from DVD sales to your friends," said Glickman. "Ideally we expect each viewer to have their own copy of the DVD, but we realize that isn't always feasible. The registration fee is a fair compromise"

Hello MPAA - the consumer electronics giants could buy you from pocket change. Are you REALLY sure you want to piss everyone and every company off?

OK, now that I thought about it some more...

I think they are RIGHT!

I mean those poor starving movie studios need our support, otherwise they will no longer be able to afford Porche's, homes in Beverly Hills, etc.

Actually, I don't think they go far enough.

I think we should have to pay them every time we remember something from a particular movie!

And every time we quote a line!

THATS IT!

I mean really, letting friends watch TV at your place is unfair use!

We should all have tiny one person TV cubicles with <29" tv's, with uncomfortable chairs so we have to get up to buy MPAA(tm) approved PopCorn!

Let's also install pay-toilets in our homes and remit the funds... :-)