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Super DMCA Bill In Tennessee
fowlerserpent writes "Middle Tennessee State University's student newspaper Sidelines reports the Super DMCA bill is the hot topic in the state legislature. After a fierce debate the bill has been amended to take the edge off. The Tennessee Digital Freedom Network caught the telecom lobby in the state offguard last year when they put up fierce opposition to the legislation. The original bill would have even made firewall illegal in your home or to be sold in the state, so some of the opponents say."
Making firewalls illegal so people are more easily identified doing "bad things" eh? Sounds like the RIAA is having trouble nailing some of us.
You're right, I wouldn't steal a car. But if it were possible, I sure as hell would download one!
That would be interesting.
Tennessee could push the adoption of IPv6
Here's what one of the legislooters had to say about it: "He came up with a bill that sent a lot of people crying to my office, so he must have done a pretty good job."
The thought never occurs to him that the reason a bunch of people are 'crying' about it is because it's yet another lame attempt at legislation drafted by a bunch of government goons who are completely clueless about technology.
The bright side of any legislation like this, is it really helps to grease the funds coming into the campaign coffers. That's why certain regulatory legislation comes up before congress every couple of years, so the lobbies of one side, the other, or both(!) can 'contribute' to make sure the legislootion never sees the light of day.
This is an ex-parrot!
I live in TN and what makes this so much worse is now on TV I see commercials about how telecoms are trying to change laws to "bring us into the future". And they make it sound like they are looking out for us and trying to bring us new technology and crap.
The commercials of course don't say anything ABOUT the laws, they just say stuff like, "When the current laws were made, PDA stood for.. well public display of affection. But now PDAs are everywhere. We need to change the laws accordingly so we can bring you the future, today." So apparently, I don't like their definition of accordingly.
Why isn't this article showing up on the main page? It is apparently over 3 hours old by the time I am typing this yet it would appear as if only subscribed users are seeing it (based on who is commenting). I only saw it because I was looking at another YRO article and this one was listed on the right side in that little block that has recent YRO articles. I know subscribers see it first, but isn't that only 20 mins earlier? Even if it is, I do not pay and I still saw it, just not on the main page, so that would be a hole in the system there ;)