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Howard Berman Talks About P2P Piracy Prevention Act

Posted by timothy on from the strange-idea-of-self-help dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I know Rep. Berman is not held in high regard on Slashdot, but he has posted an article on Findlaw where he discusses his self- help for P2P piracy bill. He has not convinced me that this is about preventing theft, rather than preserving old business models, but the bill does appear to have a lot of safeguards built-in." I'm confused about what measures Berman believes would be acceptable, after reading the many disclaimers here.

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  1. Re:"Old business models" QWZX by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Analogy: you can't afford to buy a Bentley at the price they're charging. But if, through advances in technology, you were able to create your own automobile out of airborne dust molecules by pointing your Scan-Fab-o-Matic(TM) at the car of your choice and selecting "Object" and then "Copy" off the menu, doesn't it make *sense* that you could copy any car you like?
    Can I borrow your Scan-Fab-O-Matic(TM) for a second? Just the time to duplicate it.

    Thanks.