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Hearing on Hollywood Hacking Bill
DaveAtFraud writes "CNN says that Hilary Rosen and the RIAA are once again lobbying Congress for the right to sabotage P2P networks. Of course, Hilary says that the RIAA wouldn't abuse this capability. Luckily, some of the lawmakers are dubious. Also, Rep. Rick Boucher asked, 'What are the implications for the Internet's functionality when the inevitable arms race develops?' and pointed out that overzealous attempts to enforce existing copyright law had all too often targetted legitimate postings." There's also a News.com story.
hmm, i wonder what the commercial applications of this are? numero 5
I bet that my news submission from 2 days ago: 2002-09-26 11:58:06 Pssst... United Linux Public Beta has been released (articles,linuxbiz) (rejected) Gets a slashdot article today.
I submitted this same thing just a little while ago and it was rejected. Good going, moderators.
..If you can't get the flag right? /., and osdn.
Yeah, this is off topice and I will take a karma hit, but there is only 12 stripes on your icon.
I have emailed people at
Quite frankly, its embarrassing.
sure, I can mis spell somthing, and 5 people come down on me, but get the US flag wrong, nobody cares. Maybe it's not just the people in congress that need to get there priorities straight.
note to moderators: yes I am off topic, but is this so horrible you need to waste your point modding it down?
I won't complain if you do, but there are usually worse thing outthere.
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
Recall: the phrase "pursuit of happiness" is not found in the Bill of Rights, but the Declaration of Independence. Nothing legally ensures that "right".
I agree with your point, but it's simply not a right that's protected by US law.