Following this story on slashdot in which it is reported that the MPAA blames the falling revenues on text messaging, I found this comment from zurab:
» I propose a Digital Movie Critics Act (DMCA) that will mandate that all wireless providers monitor all text or multimedia messaging transmissions between their subscribers. In the case that they detect a bad movie review being transmitted, or a negative comment made on any MPAA product without authorization, the case with all personal information of the subscriber will be reported directly to MPAA for further investigation.
Based on the goodwill of MPAA, if they determine that an illegal act has been committed, they will be able to recover damages from each individual violator. Damages will be set as follows: from $500 up to $150,000 per incident, depending on the advertizing cost of the movie being critiqued and/or up to 5 years imprisonment per incident. Wireless service provider will be required to terminate the subscriber’s service. »
What else can we say … let’s hope this guy is not working for the MPAA !!
Just wait until people start using their mobiles to send around sound snipets and pictures of the screen from a movie by MMS, along with the ad hoc review.