Feds HSI IPR and Movie studios club together to annoy you

[charlesr]

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/05/dvds-and-blu-rays-will-now-carry-two-unskippable-government-warnings/

20 seconds of awesome still screen warnings to sit through! Although they are probably jealous we ge the amazing video of someone downloading half a movie in 3 seconds.

ICE Director John Morton: "Law enforcement must continue to expand how it combats criminal activity; public awareness and education are a critical part of that effort."

But who's in charge of educating ICE? They seem clueless.
How about instead of 20 seconds of unskippable rage inducing warnings, they just say "Thank you for purchasing this disc and not pirating it - press >> to skip".

[dataDave]

They don't want to thank anyone, they only want to try and frighten people.

I only ever watch stuff at the cinema, even stuff I don't really want to see. If I do happen to recognise a classic I'll download it later. I certainly won't be buying anything that isn't furure-proof and comes with unskippable threats.

[beecee]

thing is if you bought the disc your its legal, and you have to sit through it!
if you haven't and downloaded it, it wont be there!

where is the logic in these warnings????

[eastyy]

As dara o briain said the best thing about pirate dvds is that you dont have to put up with the warnings about pirating dvds

[Guts]

Punish the honest consumer, that's always going to lessen piratism.

[QualityChimp]

ICE Director Robert Van Winkle: "Alright, stop. Collaborate and listen. ICE is back with my brand new invention."

Poignant words, indeed.

[monel]

Poignant words, indeed.

'Will it ever stop? I don't know'.

[MartyG]

I only have this to say on the matter ...

[charlesr]

That's hilarious. I must have missed that one.