I heard about this on Life Akimbo.
The RIAA is lobbying for vendors of CD-RW drives to conduct background checks and require a 3 day waiting period before the drive can be sold.
WTF?! Why, every week, do I have this sudden urge to go out and buy up all of the computer and electronic equipment I can afford? Because in a couple years it could all be outlawed. First they try and make it legal to hack into the machines of people suspected of pirating music, now this!
<sarcasm>Innocent until proven guily? What a load of crap!</sarcasm>
I have been saying for years that our society was headed for some kind of corporatocracy; something like the background fluff for that wondeful wargame, Warzone. That does not mean that I like this direction we appear to be going in, just that I am solely making a prediction.
Update: For those of you who do not already know, I am king of the idiots. I wrote this wonderful little piece after working about 40-some odd hours of overtime over the last week on a project for which I have little love. My fuse was a little short, and I did not take the time to actually read the article referenced at Life Akimbo. Turns out it was a bit of a joke. I suppose the joke is on me this time. :)
Live and learn.
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Not to rain on the parade, because I despise the RIAA as much as anyone... but if you read toward the end of the original article, you'll find that it's *very* tongue-in-cheek... :)
I still say Screw the RIAA... but they'd never get away with something like this. *grin*
Oh, the wonders of 40-ish hours of overtime over the last week. It can do amazing things to your brain. :)
After working that project for as long as I did, you'd probably have a pretty short unintelligent fuse as well. LOL