d@n

A Modest Proposal

bullshit:

funsizebytes:

1. I put a DVD into the player
2. I start a stopwatch
3. I navigate all the menus
4. I wait for all the various “advertisements” telling me about the sound mastering, the FBI warning, and so forth
5. The movie actually begins
6. I stop the stopwatch.

I take that stopwatch to the home of some executive connected with the MPAA and count off those seconds.

While holding his (or her—I’m all about equal opportunity, people) head under water.

I’m just saying, it might lead to some change.

Here’s how it could go instead:

1. I put the DVD in the computer.
2. I run the “copy DVD” command.
3. I replace the DVD with a blank DVD.
4. I burn the DVD.
5. I play the DVD any way I like, because menu items and ads aren’t recreated as blocked or mandatory when it’s remastered by my software.
6. I return the DVD to Netflix.