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Yeah, it might sound crazy, but I'm afraid it's just going to give people ideas.

I should do research on whether there was previously an April Fools joke about a partnership of recording industry companies gaining FBI-like powers.

I was going to mod this post up but I don't think it provides enough information. Before Clinton signed the Kyoto treaty the senate passed a resolution 95 to 0 saying that they would not support the treaty unless it held developing countries (such as China) to the same standards. Clinton signed the treaty even though it specifically exempted the developing countries. Without the support of the senate the U.S. would not live up to its obligations in the treaty. When Bush pulled out of the agreement he was just being realistic.

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You know, I found this really neat website where you can find out all about who your senators and stuff voted for. I'm going to try submitting it as a story to slashdot, since many people ask how to find out this information.

Anyway, you can click on any senate session and see what votes were taken. Then you can click to find out how each senator voted.

Here ya go

I do. The Related Links slashbox has a link (and a previous slashdotter has this one) that portray him as more interested in Technology than the average **AA pawn that chases 12 year old downloaders with reckless abandon.

As the article mentions, this bill is aimed at people sharing 2,500 or more pieces of content," or "distributes content that hasn't been released in wide distribution .

I was also encouraged by the remarks on Leahy's site. Under current law, the Attorney General can only bring criminal copyright cases, which can be difficult to prosecute because, . . . The Leahy-Hatch bill would allow the Attorney General to file civil claims that could include damages and restitution without criminal penalties.

Seems like this is a good thing - taking the jail sentance out of p2p cases that don't warrant them.

I am from Vermont, and thus am biased towards the only Democrat elected by that state ever, but a glance at his Current Legislation doesn't give me reason to change that yet.

I do. The Related Links slashbox has a link (and a previous slashdotter has this one) that portray him as more interested in Technology than the average **AA pawn that chases 12 year old downloaders with reckless abandon.

As the article mentions, this bill is aimed at people sharing 2,500 or more pieces of content," or "distributes content that hasn't been released in wide distribution .

I was also encouraged by the remarks on Leahy's site. Under current law, the Attorney General can only bring criminal copyright cases, which can be difficult to prosecute because, . . . The Leahy-Hatch bill would allow the Attorney General to file civil claims that could include damages and restitution without criminal penalties.

Seems like this is a good thing - taking the jail sentance out of p2p cases that don't warrant them.

I am from Vermont, and thus am biased towards the only Democrat elected by that state ever, but a glance at his Current Legislation doesn't give me reason to change that yet.

I am writing to urge you to speak out against the Protecting Intellectual Rights Against Theft and Expropriation Act of 2004 (the so called PIRATE act) sponsored by Senators Orrin Hatch and Patrick Leahy.

This act would have far reaching negative consequences, resulting in the further criminalisation of hundreds of thousands of your constituents and result in widespread abuses of civil law. A law like this flies in the face of common sense and given that it so lowers the standards of proof required, is ripe for corrupt selective enforcement.

Please consider instead offering a solution similar to that which has worked for the radio industry for decades, where compulsory licensing has allowed artists to be rewarded and has allowed millions of people to enjoy the gift of music without being treated as criminals.

How exactly is the Government footing the bill for the RIAA's civil suits?

Ummm, I don't know, maybe by having the DOJ provide the lawyers and do the suing for them? Quoting Leahy's press release:

The Protecting Intellectual Rights Against Theft and Expropriation Act (PIRATE Act) would extend DOJ's current authority to permit its filing of civil copyright infringement cases.

Wow! Now the RIAA doesn't even have to sue. Big Brother will do it for him.

What little faith I had in the US Government is now completely shattered. I expect this out of Hatch, that SOB authored the DMCA, but Leahy!?! Every time I see his name pop up on Slashdot, he's doing something right. I thank $DEITY that there is someone up there on the hill that actually has a clue. Back during the Napster hearings he said,

This could be a brilliant 19-year-old in a college dorm figuring out Gnutella or some like it. You can't stop it. You couldn't stop it even if you wanted to. What we need to do, I think, is make sure copyrights and patent laws actually reflect the new reality.

But that's all gone now. Apparently he's had a change of heart in the past few years. Now, instead of likening P2P to the VCR, he sees 60 million Americans as a gigantic cartel.

The very ease of duplication and distribution that is the hallmark of digital content has meant that piracy of that content is just as easy. The very real - and often realized - threat that creative works will simply be duplicated and distributed freely online has restricted, rather than enhanced, the amount and variety of creative works one can receive over the Internet.

Without reading the text of the act, I can only speculate... but it appears that he is willing to hand the RIAA keys to a bottomless warchest to aid in their crusade against little girls. Until now I had a great deal of respect for the man. Seeing him 'turn to the dark side' is causing my faith in the system to go from shaken to crumbling. If Leahy bows to them, then who's left up there to speak for us?

The rest of the country cannot get these two corrupt, entertainment industry pawns out of office. Only Vermont and Utah residents can. Do not re-elect these two. While it might seem they are doing good, they are doing long-term damage to the country, including your states.

Send a message to Leahy

Send a message to Hatch

Please do it now before these two turn the U.S. citizens into entertainment industry criminals and slaves, and infect every other nation with these ideas.

The rest of the country cannot get these two corrupt, entertainment industry pawns out of office. Only Vermont and Utah residents can. Do not re-elect these two. While it might seem they are doing good, they are doing long-term damage to the country, including your states.

Send a message to Leahy

Send a message to Hatch

Please do it now before these two turn the U.S. citizens into entertainment industry criminals and slaves, and infect every other nation with these ideas.

http://murray.senate.gov/news.cfm?id=219442

Go on though. You were saying something funny about Democrats?

Patty Murray's statement can be found at Murray Statement on EU Ruling Against Microsoft. Here are her contact information: http://murray.senate.gov/contact/

Did you link the wrong film? The one you linked features the seven-and-a-half-th floor. And I don't remember any 29th of February in it. LOL. (Thank google for that one)

This borders on the apocryphal.

Why would Bill Gates even have a credit card in his own name?

And why in hell would he use it online, instead of a one-time electronic transaction instrument?

And just what was he buying?

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Well if the director of the facility is calling it a Level 5 facility only 6 years ago I would hardly call that outdated or incorrect as in theory he should know more than anyone about the subject.

The citation you give is on the web site of (what based on this reference amoung others, I judge is essentially) a lobbying organization, giving draft notes from a meeting between representatives of the group and various government officials. Furthermore, that was in 1998, only two years after the 1996 change in terminology. Inexact terminology was excusable.
It is not, say, a current official government publication, or official testimony to congress.

It is now eight years since the correct parlance has changed. Using the old terminology is no longer appropriate.

Of course, while the term for the facility and the bugs may have changed from BSL-5 to BSL-4, that doesn't change how #$%^ing dangerous the stuff really is. They were then and still are the nastiest bugs on the planet, and have not gotten one whit safer in the meanwhile. While I'm not sure what the best location would be for such a facility, you're right: putting one that close to New York City is rank insanity.

The ease of wiretaps coupled with the ability for any government official to read the results makes the Patriot Act the strongest tool the government has ever had to monitor the population.

Check out the EFF Analysis Of The Provisions Of The USA PATRIOT Act for some more detailed information. Blame your Senators and Representatives who rushed this through to the president.

This ship has sailed. And it took away with your freedom, citizens of the U.S.!

The FBI is starting to come forward to claim its spoils...

For HR.163, go here and type hr 163 into the "Bill Number" field.

America's system varies from the Europeans' only cosmetically. They form their coalitions after the vote, and we form them before.

Look at Greens, look at Libertarians. THEY'RE different, and where are they?

They're in two places. The ones that joined the coalitions before the election are either serving as Senator from Massachusetts or Congressman from Texas.

The ones who tried to buck the system are serving as Jay Leno punchlines and the target of sentences that have the word "spoiler" in them.

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