Re: [dvd-discuss] Hang the RIAA in their own noose.

[Lars Gaarden <larsg(at)eurorights.org>]

Tom wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 11:08:44PM -0400, John Dempsey wrote:
> 
>>>1.) about RIAA wanting to have permission to hack people's computers
>>>
>>I have a lot of MP3 files.  I've got huge piles of CD's from which I
>>migrated the media.  (I worked at a record company and they had a lot of
>>rejected artist promo disks.)  How would the RIAA differentiate these from
>>illegally-aquired content?  And do they want to be exempt from
>>responsibility for mistakes?  What if they destroy my property?  Are they
>>then "terrorists", or are they exempt from prosecution?  
> 
> that's what they are trying. they do *not* attempt to get a right to
> hack your machine (they believe they already have that right).


I find it hard to believe that they actually have that right. Which
US law(s) might potentially be argued to cover their right to trespass
on my property in order to remove alleged copyright-infringing material?

-- 
LarsG