Too absurd to pit.
In quite possibly the most asinine, moronic move – surpassing even the brilliant dumbassery of the RIAA – the MPAA is now attempting to require anyone with a “home theatre” to pay a one-time $50 registration fee or face $500,000 fines per movie shown.
So what defines a “home theatre” you ask? The MPAA state that this high-end, state-of-the-art setup qualifies:
The original article is currently slashdotted, but slashdot’s article works.
:smack:
The original article was on www.bbspot.com - isn’t that a satire site?
ahem
I just came here to say that … I neglected to actually check what site it linked to, and since the site was /.-ed I couldn’t read for myself.
Now I kinda wanna read the spoof article. 
And on slahdot it is in the jokes-some-people-just-won’t-get dept.
I think the real problem is that however far-fetched and absurd it might seem, people still wouldn’t put it past the MPAA. You could probably write an article about how the MPAA wants people to pay a tax for every day they are in possession of a movie they’ve purchased or they’ll kill a kitten for each person who doesn’t pay up and people would still likely respond with, “Man, those goons at the MPAA just don’t know when to quit.”
thank Og it’s a joke, even if it wasn’t, i’d be safe…
after all, my “home theater” consists of an Onkyo TXSV-515 Dolby Digital/DTS reciever (80 W/ch across the fronts, 50 w/ch to the rear) Infinity Sterling 2005 main speakers, Venturi center channel, Bose 100 surrounds, Onkyo 6 disc carousel changer, Panasonic DVD player, PS2 and Gamecube…
and a 20" Sony Wega Trinitron TV
there’s no “Comfy Chairs” <dramatic chord!> set up between the speakers, just my bed…
thanks to that 20" TV and no chairs, i’m safe, <Nelson Muntz> Haa Haa!</Nelson>, screw you, MPAA!!