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P2P File Sharing Could Cost You A Bundle
geekee writes "CNET posted an article claiming you could be liable for $250,000 in fines and up to 3 years in prison for p2p file sharing. This is due to an obscure law called the No Electronic Theft (NET) act passed in 1997 (signed by Bill Clinton). Although the Justice Department has not prosecuted anyone under this new law, some members of congress have asked John Ashcroft to begin prosecuting. In response to the request, John Malcolm, a deputy assistant attorney general, said to expect some NET Act prosecutions."
No offense taken, I'm not an arab. However, I fail to see how the slaughter of millions of arabs would be part of God's will. I just don't want you to get your hopes up that God will help you kill them all.
"She's a West Texas girl, just like me" - G.W Bush Iraqis
Because a lot of the people here behave as -- and probably are -- spoiled adolescent American boy brats. You know, the kind of useless self-centered bastards who learned when they were babies that dumping in their diapers would get them some attention. Since attention is all they want, they're still doing it. It's just a cheap ego boost...but i guess that's important if you already know you're leading a pointless life.
Lacking the ability to come up with an original thought, they simply stomp their feet in opposition to whatever the adult in the room happens to say. Try to ignore them and maybe they'll go away.
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Fantastic...the president who inherits the economy is always blamed/praised for it. Clinton inherited the great economy of Reagan/Bush and took all the credit (which was very willingly given to him by the media) and Dubbya gets (and is readily given) the blame for what Clinton started. Does anyone else find it odd that people will believe that a president can have such an immediate, monumental impact on a economy when his policies have barely taken effect or have yet to be enacted?
"We are far too easily pleased." --C.S. Lewis
Sorry dude, but the biological weapons Bush 1 sold to Iraq is probably enough for a lot of people to start bashing his whole family, including Bush 2.
Oh yeah, and if Saddam uses some of the anthrax he bought from Reagan and Bush 1, I will definitely bash Bush 2 when he responds with a 'nukular' bomb.
It seems like finally the americans have found a decent way to reestablish their faltering economy!
According to the Kazaa website, there has been 179 million client downloads. Estimating that about half of these are dupe downloads, and that about 25% of the users are americans, this means about 22.375 million americans are liable for a law suit under the NET Act.
This means an income of 5,593,750 million dollars in fees, and an INCREDIBLE boost in income for the prison industry, which to my knowledge is the second biggest in the US.
This again means the US government will get rid of some of their most dangerous criminals, as well as having enough money to make Iraq disappear from the map. Personally I can't wait!
He doesn't have to be. Merits, abilities, and votes have not much to do with being president.
To be president without being elected you just need to be: (A) a Republican -- I don't know of any instances where the Democrat party rigged national elections; (B) Have views which are fully in sync with Corporate America, the "fine folks" who fund our elections; and (C) be not so objectionable that you rally the populace against the sham our "democratic" system is at the national level.