Senator Seeks Restrictions to Music Laws, Fines

Justen writes "Following this article from last month, Senator Norm Coleman (R.-Minn.) has announced that he will seek to limit federal penalties for copyright downloads and seek to restrict the subpoena power essentially granted to the industry through the DMCA. The RIAA responded by calling the current situation an 'epidemic.'" Sadly, there's no quantitative values for proposed reduced measures yet, but given the speed at which government moves it's reassuring to know the issue is this far along already.

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A nice thought but a little naive

[Raul654]

Remember this -- the Republicans are, first and foremost, the party of big buisness. Anything that helps out large cooperations, despite the cost to the little guy, is in line with their ideals. There's a very good reason the RIAA president is a republican.