Anti-Piracy Labeling Bill in Works

Rinisari writes "Just posted on news.com.com is an article with more on the bill that could make all digital consumer products be required to be labeled with information regarding any anti-piracy technology within the device. Senator Ron Wyden, D-OR, will be the primary sponser of the bill (he's also got a text-only site)."

Comments

Re:F***ing Democrats

[adzoox]

No, just the opposite: a liberal wants equal rights. The only way to have equality is to strip EVERYONE of their freedoms and be under government control and government dependency - that way we are MADE/FORCED equal.

Re:Wait, aren't they on "our side"?

[GMontag]

Why are we bitching at the Democrats? Oh, because it was on slashdot and the genius editor posted it "from the compromising-freedom dept", so we don't have to actually read the the article before kicking into full knee-jerk mode.

Umm, no the issue is at the core of the top post modded "funny" at the moment. The government is making an attempt at forcing speech, with their police power, on the speakers. Just like Tipper Gore with the PMRC, Hitler with the yellow Stars of David, pink triangles and the rest.

That, Sir, is the issue.

Re:Labeling

[GMontag]

The difference is . . .

And the similarity is that Communists/Fascists, or any other shade of totalitarian the Political Science Departmet can classify, employ this labelig tactic to force speech on others, just as this fellow is trying to pull.

because he doesnt have the money

[Indy1]

to buy votes and influence the way the rest of the vote buying scum *cough*bush*cough* do.