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Senate Takes Aim At P2P Providers
thejoelpatrol writes "The Senate Judiciary Committee, led by everybody's favorite senator, Orrin Hatch, is moving to outlaw P2P entirely by making it illegal to produce such applications. Hatch says such firms 'think that they can legally profit by inducing children to steal. Some think they can legally lure children into breaking the law with false promises of "free music."' So, when was the last time that Kazaa told kids to steal music? Shouldn't the parents be the ones looking out for their kids? The RIAA is (surprise!) in favor of this, while P2P groups are (surprise!) opposed."
Seriously, I'm waiting for that generation to die. These people just can't grasp the universal nature of computers and need to get out of the way. And that's what I think when I feel generous. Most of the time I think that they're corrupt bastards who are doing it for their corporate pimps and know exactly that they're fucking it all up for the majority of the people.
I'm going to go off on a limb here and guess that you're about twelve years old.
...because damnit, it's not the parent's responsibility that children are misguided, and think that anything that "feels good" or their friends do is ok. It's all the government's responsiblity to raise your kids. Schools should provide everything, including parenting, meals, healthcare, and diaper changing.
-- Liberalism is a mental disorder.
No, I've seen the simpsons. I'm just sick of seeing this "shouldn't parents supervise their children" argument trotted out every time someone with no kids wants to make sure that some trivial infringement on his "rights" doesn't come to pass.
"He who would learn astronomy, and other recondite arts, let him go elsewhere. " -- John Calvin, commenting on Genesis 1