Looping the Hen

It's Piracy for Thee but not for Me...Pot, meet Kettle

It appears that the storm troopers at the MPAA have been caught making unauthorized copies of a copyrighted film.

Oh, the lovely irony. The LA Times news account seems pretty even-handed (for them anyway).

To be honest, I don't fully understand or pretend to comprehend what the current copying standards are. However, I do know that if the MPAA thought they could manage it they would chop people's hands off and cane them for even thinking they have the right to make so much as a backup copy without paying some sort of outrageous fee. Considering if they have their way, you won't be able to even own electronic equipment capable of copying your own property.

I figure with the MPAA leading by example, I am going to go make a copy or 10 of something. Actually, according to them: "The courts recognize that parties are entitled to make a copy of a work for use as evidence in possible future proceedings," she said. Maybe I will sue them in the future for attempting to deny me Fair Use rights for property I own; according to them I will be then within my rights to duplicate at will. Neat.