MPAA anti-piracy software not as bad as reported, but still stupid

MPAA anti-piracy software not as bad as reported, but still stupid: "Of course, the program is still stupid, and it's still evidence that the MPAA would just rather we never used our PCs to view movies and that they wish that 'this whole Internet thing' (to borrow a quote from Lars Ulrich) would just go away. So I agree with the general consensus that nobody in their right mind would want the MPAA scanning their hard drive.

And on that note, I think a much more interesting question is whether or not the program really does not report back to the MPAA. I personally would be surprised if it really didn't send any information back to Tha Man, even if it's just some kind of general statistics. After all, these are the people who would like the government to grant them the authority to hijack suspected pirates' computers and format their hard drives. Kurt thinks I'm just being paranoid, so is there anybody out there with some time on their hands who'd like to find out and prove me wrong?"