The Motion Picture Association of America is a group of blackmailing fuckers.

They call up the houses of little kids and grandmothers, claim that you downloaded a movie, and demand $2500 to settle the case before it goes to court. Many times, they fuck up and it is the wrong IP. Who knows how many innocent people have been hit by this stupid trick that pisses off more people more than it worries.

So it was great when Fark linked to a Wired News Article that detailed some information about Shawn Hogan, a multimillionaire who built the company Digital Point, who got one of these letters. And he isn’t going to take it lying down.

Let me be frank, this guy is a hero in my book (he claims he is not) for finally saying “Enough” to these blackmailing fuckers.

You know what I want to see, this going to the appellate level. With the help of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (think ACLU of Internet/Electronics) and who knows, the ACLU, this may set a nationwide standard of how NOT to handle this shit.

One can only hope that this happens in the next five years. Until then, FUCK YOU MPAA.

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