MPAA Linux Blunder: Apparently the MPAA isnt up to date on Linux lingo. The MPAA threatened action over two software titles, Twisted and Grind, thinking they were movie titles. Oops. What seems to be an embarrassing blunder by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) in its hunt for online pirates has prompted Linux Australia to contact its legal representatives and warn of a possible breach of Australian law.
Subject: Case ID 10096615 - Notice of Claimed Infringement Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 22:04:11 -0400 From: MPAACopyright <MPAA@copyright.org> To: {removed} Motion Picture Association Worldwide Anti-Piracy 15503 Ventura Boulevard Encino, CA 91436 PHONE: (818) 728 - 8127 Email: MPAA@copyright.org <mailto:MPAA@copyright.org> September 7, 2004 Name: {removed} ISP: {removed} Via Fax/Email RE: Unauthorized Distribution of Copyrighted Motion Pictures Protocol: BitTorrent IP Address: {removed} Date of Infringement: 9/6/2004 at 12:29 a.m. EDT (GMT -0400) Dear TPG Internet Pte Ltd: The Motion Picture Association (MPA) represents the following motion picture production and distribution companies: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. Disney Enterprises, Inc. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. Paramount Pictures Corporation TriStar Pictures, Inc. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation United Artists Pictures, Inc. United Artists Corporation Universal City Studios LLLP Warner Bros. Entertainment Company Inc. We have received information that you are providing Internet or Usenet access to the above referenced account holder, or hosting the above referenced Internet site, which has made available the download or streaming of copyrighted motion picture(s) including such title(s) as: SPEED The distribution of unauthorized copies of copyrighted motion pictures constitutes copyright infringement under the Copyright Act 1968 ("Act"). We draw your attention to section 101(1) of the Copyright Act 1968 which provides: "Subject to this Act, a copyright subsisting by virtue of this Part is infringed by a person, not being the owner of the copyright and without the license of the owner of the copyright, does in Australia, or authorizes the doing in Australia of, any act comprised in the copyright." Under sections 115 and 116 of the Act, a person whose rights are infringed in breach of the Act may seek civil remedies including (amongst other remedies) an injunction and either damages or an account of profits. Additional damages may be imposed by the court where warranted by the nature of the infringement. Additionally, if you fail to take the steps as set out below, you will be in breach of section 313(1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth) which requires your company to use its best efforts to prevent telecommunications networks and facilities from being used in the commission of offenses against Commonwealth laws. Under section 132(2) of the Copyright Act, a Commonwealth law, it is an offense knowingly to make cinematograph films available to be downloaded without the permission of the owners of the copyright subsisting in those films. The Telecommunications Act provides that a corporation may be liable for a penalty of up to $10 million (AUS) in respect of a breach of section 313(1). An individual who is knowingly concerned in or party to the breach may be liable for a penalty of up to $50,000. We note that under Act, your company, and its officers, employees and agents, will be protected from liability damages arising from taking the steps outlined above if they do so in performance of the obligation imposed by section 313(1). We request that you immediately do the following: 1) Disable access to this site; 2) Remove this site from your server; and 3) Take appropriate action against the account holder under your Abuse Policy/Terms of Service Agreement. On behalf of the respective owners of the exclusive rights to the copyrighted material at issue in this notice, we hereby state, that we have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owners, their respective agents, or the law. Also, we hereby state, that the information in this notification is accurate and that we are authorized to act on behalf of the owners of the exclusive rights being infringed as set forth in this notification. Please contact us at the above listed address or by replying to this email should you have any questions. Kindly include the above noted Reference number in the subject line of all email correspondence. We thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Your prompt response is requested. Respectfully, Motion Picture Association ------------------------------ Infringement Detail: Infringing Work: SPEED Filepath: supermetroid-speedrunv3-frenom-avi.torrent/ Filename: supermetroid-speedrunv3-frenom.avi First Found: 6 Sep 2004 00:29:14 EDT (GMT -0400) Last Found: 6 Sep 2004 00:29:14 EDT (GMT -0400) Filesize: 182,426k IP Address: {removed} IP Port: 26887 Network: BTPeers Protocol: BitTorrent
I swear, my ROM is not corrupt. I played it on Nestopia, another NES emulator, and it works fine.
In addition, it is running at a low framerate--I checked the "Speed" settings and that didn't help. I brought up Task Manager (I'm using Windows XP), it's using only 7 MB of physical memory so that can't be the problem either. This is not happening on any of my other console emulators.
Please forgive me if I sound like a moron. I have very little programming knowledge.I was thinking about doing it but it's just absurdly time consuming. There are a few levels that are very hard to do w/o dying. I don't really feel there is that much of a demand for it, but if there is a huge demand, i'll get serious about making one and submitting it to SDA.