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In a partially unexpected announcement, FOX has picked up the rights to make a live-action Cowboy Bebop film. From TFA:

Erwin Stoff (Producer): “I have such an enormous admiration for its creators, that our first and foremost concern is going to be a real degree of faithfulness to the tone of the movie, to the mix of genres, and so on and so forth…”

That has at least eased my trepidation that the Anime-to-live-action translation will end up decidedly less than savory (read: Dragonball). I personally couldn’t be more intrigued by the concept of a live action Bebop movie. It’s something that my friends and I have talked about for years. Who would make it, direct it, star in it, do the effects and so on. It would appear that some of our predictions are coming true. With FOX being the studio, it would be ideal for LucasFilm to head up the effects. No one has been named yet for the director role or any of the starring roles.

This will be one to follow.

Later,
Dave

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In its proposed state, the act could grant the government permission to seize all computers and compatible devices from a home if a single, pirated MP3 was discovered on one of the machines.

I’m all for stopping piracy; don’t get me wrong. I have nothing to hide and there is not a single pirated file on my hard drive. I fully believe that artists are entitled to compensation for their work. What worries me is how the government will be collecting the information which tells them who has illegal files.

Also, seizing your cell phone and PSP because they found (presumably through shady means) a single illegal file on your hard drive is absolutely ridiculous. The government is in no position to decide that you were going to violate the law and copy more MP3s just because you have devices which can play MP3s. They’re making unreasonable and unfounded assumptions, and it’s basically theft.

I didn’t see the government invading people’s privacy to stop my bike from getting stolen a few years ago. So why is it that they can violate my rights to protect the rights of these millionaire artists, when I myself have done nothing wrong?

Anyone who knows anything about the Internet knows how to avoid getting caught. All they’re going to do is end up busting the casual users who aren’t the root of the problem in the first place.