The MPAA fights the hardest battle of all against torrenting soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan:
One of the questions posed by the MPAA is whether they have banned U.S. troops from going to stores that sell pirated DVDs. The Central Command answered this question negatively, as it would hurt the business of Iraqi salesmen.
“No….banning our troops from visiting these shops would have the unwelcome secondary effect of harming Iraqi entrepreneurs selling legitimate goods.†They add that there is nothing they can do about DVDs that are being sold on Iraqi property because these stores fall under Iraqi law.
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Pirated DVDs are not the only worry for the MPAA as more recently military personnel have also been using BitTorrent to access U.S. entertainment on foreign bases. A military insider told TorrentFreak that they see no other option than to ‘pirate’, as the entertainment industry gives them little opportunity to enjoy digital media legally.
“We have sent letters to the RIAA and the MPAA repeatedly letting them know that our downloads are a direct representation of their failure to allow us to be good consumers as others in the US can be,†our military insider explained.
Instead of holding out a helping hand to deployed soldiers, the entertainment industries continue to treat them as criminals. On a daily basis, the MPAA and RIAA send copyright notices to military personnel via their base ISPs. In turn, the personnel are threatened with account suspension and in serious cases, disconnection.
Not to get too sanctimoniously outraged on behalve of US soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq, as they shouldn’t be there anyway, but it’s typical of the respect these soldiers are hold in by the companies that made billions of these wars… If you’re a soldier, you’re a sucker.