RIAA and MPAA call for government mandated spyware on computers to fight piracy

Link to original: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/15/big-contents-dystopi.ht...

Edit: link to original original: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/entertainment-industrys...

Why am I reminded of the passage from Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky where one of the characters says (approximately) "Any ubiquitous computing network where every local node has to run government code inevitably devolves into absolute tyranny."

These people are really beginning to annoy me. They are under the impression that a few poxy songs are the most valuable things on earth. They had a fwe good years in the sunshine but now it is autumn in the land of sing a song for sixpence.

Your product has lost its value. Adapt or die.

I know it's a shock to wake up on morning without a steady income from the songs you sang a 10 years ago but tough, try doing something productive today.

And yes, I do know what it is like. I've had my lifestyle made illegal, TWICE.

> Network administrators and providers should be encouraged to implement those solutions that are available and reasonable to address infringement on their networks.

Fuck you, PAY ME