MPAA and "pretexting"

[dragongodz]

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72214-0.html

hmm seems the MPAA want to keep it ok for them to lie and cheat to find out private information about people. there aught to be a law.

[Shinigami-Sama]

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72214-0.html

hmm seems the MPAA want to keep it ok for them to lie and cheat to find out private information about people. there aught to be a law.

welcome to america
land of the free
or relativly cheap

sigh, soon enough Canada is going to start up with this BS again as well..

[DarkZell666]

the measure encountered unexpected, last-minute resistance from the Motion Picture Association of America. unexpected ? lol that's gotta be a joke, it's the most expected reaction they could get :D

Sean Walsh, past president of the Califonia Association of Licensed Investigators and an investigator for 27 years, said his group opposed SB1666 because it was too vague and would have tied the hands of investigators looking into insurance fraud, child support cases and missing children.True enough, happy to see that for once "true" and "real-life" necessities are taken into account (even if the MPAA benefits from this refusal).

"Everyone wants a quick fix, but they don't see the ripple effect until much later," Walsh said. "Our organization has been successful at educating legislators by saying, 'Wait a minute, but look at how it effects X, Y and Z.' They have to see those tangents so that if they are going to go ahead and pass legislation, they do it in a responsible and educated way."Now this is what I call great thinking ;) It's just so obvious I'm surprised so few people (the last of them being the MPAA & RIAA of course :/) think that way.

[dragongodz]

True enough, happy to see that for once "true" and "real-life" necessities are taken into account (even if the MPAA benefits from this refusal).
the problem is the MPAA is using this for fishing expeditions. there should be controls on this and not just allow anyone to con(and thats what it is) private information.

infact if the average joe was to use deception to get someones information/details are they not charged ? it seems its ok though if its done by a company or someone paid by one. you can not tell me there should be no checks on that where they need permission first. even the police need a warrant before searching a persons house etc but these companies dont even need that to con information about you ?

"Everyone wants a quick fix, but they don't see the ripple effect until much later," Walsh said. "Our organization has been successful at educating legislators by saying, 'Wait a minute, but look at how it effects X, Y and Z.' They have to see those tangents so that if they are going to go ahead and pass legislation, they do it in a responsible and educated way."
and lets add the RIAA and MPAA have been quite successful at hiding how their agendas effects the average joe. either that or those in power just dont care.