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Hatch Pushes INDUCE Act
An anonymous reader writes "According to CNET the Senate is leaning strongly in favor of the INDUCE Act sponsored by Senator Orrin Hatch. It looks like the RIAA is making significant progress manipulating the marionette strings in Congress. MP3newswire.net states that if such laws were to pass, the record industry would become the new AMTRAK. 'Bloated and inefficient as always, but now a drain on taxpayers wallets and liberty as well'." Infoworld has a story as well. Reader CryptoEngineer writes: "Marybeth Peters, of the US Copyright Office
testified recently before the Senate Judiciary committee in support of the INDUCE Act, which has been discussed
here
before. In summary, she thinks its not strong enough. Among other things, she proposed scrapping the Betamax decision, which makes it legal to timeshift TV shows with a VCR. Analysis here."
Orrin Hatch should be beat upside the head with a mackrel.
That's just my humble opinion though...
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Are you sure his incentive isn't simple in being an artist himself? http://www.hatchmusic.com/
Tonight at Saltair, on the anti-P2P tour, Orrin Hatcn and Metallica!
Because it will take bills like this to reach rock-bottom before the public wakes up. Only then can we get rid of the bill and the RIAA.
FUCK IT, PASS THE FUCKING BILL. Jesus....*sigh*
Life is not for the lazy.
Just out of curiosity, at which of those 10 stages are we permitted to start worrying?
Recollection becomes an "unauthorized derivative work", talking becomes "piracy." Forget Fahrenheit 9/11, the real danger is Fahrenheit 451.
Results 1 - 10 of about 2,850 for Orrin Hatch insane. (0.13 seconds)
Yeah, a 50 pound mackrel that happens to be frozen solid.
If all this should have a reason, we would be the last to know.
If the RIAA pushes too far it could become the largest cultural revolution seen in a century.
:D
I find it extremely funny that if such a revolution ever took place, the history books will record under "Causes:", not "Taxation without Representation", but instead, "Took away their VCR's".
They need to be urgently stoned? That seems a bit drastic... how 'bout we only do that to the senators that are also adulterers? What? That's ALL of them? Well, ok, go ahead and stone them. Urgently.
Personally, I can't stand flip-floppers. I mean, look at Stephen Hawking. He flip-flopped on this whole idea of information coming out of black holes! Obviously he's someone without strength of character who simply cannot be trusted to make a decision and stick to it.
I'll never believe another thing Hawking says ever again.
Hopelessly pedantic since 1963.
Sigs cause cancer.
Well, independent thought definitely won't flee to Canada. It got booted from the Great White North a long time ago and has no signs of returning any time soon.
Tonight at Saltair, on the anti-P2P tour, Orrin Hatcn and Metallica!
... backup vocals by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
They can have my PC when they pry it from my greasy, mass market snack food covered hands! - The NCA
Get out and vote and teach everyone you know the truth.
There are 100 people in society.
There are 2 brilliant people.
There are 20 greedy people.
There are 20 gullible people.
There are 10 who are opposed.
There are 48 people trying to keep ahead of the bills.
5 greedy people beat up 2 brilliant people to keep them quiet.
5 greedy people convince 20 gullible people.
20 gullible people make lots of noise.
48 people trying to pay taxes are distracted.
48 people placate the 10 who are opposed.
5 greedy people, 20 gullible people, 10 people struggling to keep food on the table, and 2 people who are opposed go to the polls and vote.
5 people sit back and enjoy the show.
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