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In article <1810@mdavcr.UUCP> ewm@mdavcr.UUCP (Eric W. Mitchell) writes:

   Mind you, if anybody knocked on my door and said that I better 
   let them search my place or they would advertise that my ex-girlfriend 
   said I had pirated video tapes, I would sue their
   asses off for extortion.  If they did publish the info, I would sue
   their asses off for defemation.  Then let them try and prove they had
   anything better than heresay evidence that their allegations were
   true (even if they are). 

You know that the recording industry is trying just as hard as they
can to get Congress to impose a "blank tape tax" on cassettes of all
kinds?  That's because they know that people flagrantly violate their
copyrights with total impunity, and that this is the norm rather than
the exception.  So they want to be compensated for the revenue they
(and their artists) are losing.

I don't agree with this myself, but if it passes (and when the DCC is
introduced, I'd bet money that it will), they no longer have to search
your home, since in their minds you're already guilty.

Saves time and court costs, at least...

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