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RIAA Sends Letter to Senate Supporting INDUCE Act
The Importance of writes "Slashdot has discussed the INDUCE Act before (and here and here). The act would make 'intentionally inducing' infringement a crime, but defines inducing so broadly that all sorts of technology is threatened. A little over a week ago, tech companies and civil rights groups sent a letter to some senators asking for hearings on the bill. A couple of days ago, the RIAA responded with their own letter sent to all 100 senators. There is also an abridged and annotated version of the RIAA letter. LawMeme has put together an index to INDUCE Act analysis."
Why does the US government want to destroy it's own computer technology industry? It's own economy?
It's the kind of policy that a.... terrorist might think up.
Better watch what you say. The Euro-trolls will be along soon to mod you down to -1 Flamebait in an attempt to suppress anything negative you might have to say about the EU. Seems that they despise free speech with a passion - no doubt because they don't have it anymore, and are jealous of those who do.
Max
My god carries a hammer. Your god died nailed to a tree. Any questions?
The current copyright laws are insufficient. They are being flouted by far too many people. What are the options?
Do nothing:
The problem is, the law is being broken. Either the laws are bad or the people are bad. Neither of these is a state of affairs that should be encouraged.
Outlaw the technology:
Dangerous. And will fail to address the problem. People will get hold of the technology from somewhere.
Abolish copyright:
While music would continue to be created, it is unlikely that there would be as much. Musicians would not be able to survive off record sales, and since they wouldn't be so willing to pay for a recording studio, the quality would go down. Is this what we want?
Legalise file non-profit file sharing
Well, this could work. It's counter to common sense though, and there is the very real possibility that people will decide to stop paying for music, leading to the same problems as abolishing copyright.
Charge a levy on file sharing apps
Could work. Seem a little impractical, and hard to come up with a fair way to distribute the money.
So, what is the answer?