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Congressional Anti-Piracy Caucus Formed
questionlp writes "News.com reports that three members from the House of Reps has formed a caucus that aims to stop piracy and make for stronger IP laws. One of the members of the caucus: helped author a note last fall to 74 fellow Democrats assailing the Linux open-source operating system's GNU General Public License as a threat to America's 'innovation and security.'"
200 years after people stop raiding other people at sea, they try to put a stop to piracy. Next they'll be cracking down on cattle rustlers...
oh wait.....
One of the members of the caucus: helped author a note last fall to 74 fellow Democrats assailing the Linux open-source operating system's GNU General Public License as a threat to America's 'innovation and security.'
Innovative colon usage. Speaking of which...
The goatse guy for president. Win one for the gaper!
Congressman Wexler has added to his holdings, having purchased a yacht to go along with his mansion.
- "It's the end of the world as we know it."
Contact Me (got tired of viruses emailing me).
WHAT America's 'innovation and security'???
You mean Micro$oft?
-Is the meaning of life vanity, or is vanity the meaning of life?
If The Simpsons have taught us anything it's that Caucases are nothing more than a bunch of poorly inked drawings who congo line around a mountain lodge yelling "caucas caucas caucas!"
Just like congress too.. always resting on their laurals.
What about my up time on Netcraft!!!!
This is a secret ploy to get all those 600+ day people to reboot. Well I'm not buying.
Men engaging in perversion with architecture are hardly qualified to complain about internet pornography.
[Set Cain on fire and steal his lute.]
Shiver me fuckin' timbers, matey...they say they be crackin' down on piracy. Hoist the mains'l! We best make sure they not be preventing Cap'n Torvalds from doin' what he wants with his ship...
In SOVIET RUSSIA... erm...NSA AMERICA, the Internet logs onto YOU!
... should have a little sticker on the side that says "Hollywood Inside".
i think its funny how a rep from wash, whose district includes ms headquarters, comes out in favor of ip laws and against linux. i wonder how much that cost balmer.
"assailing the Linux open-source operating system's GNU General Public License as a threat to America's 'innovation and security.'" Congressman to aid : "find out all information on Linux and this GNU thing so I sound like I know what im talking about out there" Aid to Congressman : "ok I'll call Microsoft and find out what we think"
Adam Smith (L-ECON) would not be happy with Adam Smith's (D-WA) manipulation of the free market through the passing of artificial governmental regulation.
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
It would be a lot better with an S-word at the end, so they could be the FUCRS.
FUCRC ??
[tries to pronounce acronym]
Oh dear...
~REZ~ #43301. Who'd fake being me anyway?
Argh Mateys the first ping of me bow by some land luber trying to shut down me gnutela client, and im rollin me nmap cannons and pickin off the scurrvey bastard.
I SHALL RAIN DOWN MISSILES-IN-A-BUN ON YOUR PITIFUL CITY'S!
We'll just have to develop Linux overseas.
int main() {
printf("Hello world!\nGoodbye US fascist corporate police state!\n");
exit(0);
}
Sorry, I know I misread it at first glance, but it really does fit. They want to know everything you're watching and listening to, and it's pay-per-view.
Bill Stewart
New Fast-Compression-only CPR http://preview.tinyurl.com/dy575ks
"The concerns of the thousands of Americans whose livelihoods depend on intellectual property protection are not being fully debated or addressed,"
They are already ignoring the concerns of the millions of americans who livelihoods don't depend on intellectual policy, why care about another few thousand?
There's a growing sense that even if The Future comes,
most of us won't be able to afford it.
-- Lemmy
"You'll find me and millions like me are going to put a couple bucks into our republican candidates. That is going to sway them away from big business, and more towards our interests.
You have a future in standup comedy.
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