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Seeking Arguments Against the CBDTPA?
ccfpark writes "I am going to Washington D.C. next week to talk to my senator (Bill Nelson of FL) and his technology advisor, Reg Lichty, about the CBDTPA. I am personally against this bill as it has the possibility of labeling me as a criminal for my participation in Open Sorce projects such as Handhelds.Org and Tuxscreen, where we endeavor replace proprietary operating systems on consumer electronics with Linux. If this bill is passed it may lead to outlawing these types of activities because it could circumvent software copy protection in these products. What I need are some good resources for formulating a business and political argument against this bill, so that I can speak to these politicians on their level."
Hmmm... How about this: "I'll give you money." I think every politican will understand that. Or better yet, just keep tapping your nose while you're talking to them.
They'll get confused, assume you're one of the many corporate interests that 'supported' them, and assume they should do just do whatever you want.
Slashdot gets worse every day... Pipedot: News for nerds, without the corporate slant
then the solution is simple. you make it difficult to traffic the contraband... just like they do in meatspace. If they want to digitally watermark movies audio photos of their bungholes... whatever fine... make the ISP's run detection filters and kill the net connection of the offending jerk. also we have so many fricking laws covering copyright we certainly dont need more, how about actually enforcing the laws we have? making the police or govt actually do their jobs?
nahhh.... that's tooo liberal of an idea...
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
"There were "garage bands" and amature film makers 20 years ago."
The internet is the next big distribution medium. It's already happening today. I could go to my complex with a video camera, shoot a cheap movie, edit it on my pc, and put the streaming version up on my website.
This wasn't available 20 years ago. If enough people make use of the internet for this reason, then the RIAA will certainly have a lot to fear when the internet becomes the first place people look for music and what they get isn't made by the RIAA at all.
"Derp de derp."