Induce Act Stalled For Now

Neil Wehneman writes "The AP is reporting, through Newsday, the great news that the Induce Act is not going anywhere this legislative term. Thanks to everyone who took action in various ways, although there's a strong chance we'll see this type of bill again soon. Additional thanks go to Copyfight for the initial heads-up."

Comments

Bias?

[SkyWalk423]

From the article:

• ...aimed at manufacturers of file-sharing software commonly used to steal electronic copies of music, movies and computer programs...

Wasn't there a more, how shall I put this... unbiased way to word the intro to this article??

Re:Today we fight together..tomorrow?

[DAldredge]

No, it tells you an election is coming up and they don't want to be asked about this in the last 30 days before people vote.

That is all that has happened, nothing else.

It ain't dead yet!

[Anonymous Coward]

Look, folks, this bill isn't dead yet. It's true that its scheduled committee vote was canceled, but Congress will reconvene briefly in November to pass several appropriations bills. Watch for the bill's supporters to try to tack it onto one of these big bills. If they can do that, it can easily sail through Congress as the end of the legislative session draws near, and Congress rushes to get necessary budget bills passed. This is a common tactic, and it often works.

So don't even think of celebrating until Congress adjourns for the year.

What did we lose?

[macz]

Whenever you pull your hand back out of this particular legal cookie jar and think you won, count your fingers... I am wondering what we lost in this fight. Surely the fat cats like Hatch who suckle at the teat of big Entertainment will simply re-introduce this and attach it to a "Free Day Care for Handicapped Children" bill or some such pablum.

Can anyone say tactical retreat?

Check out http://www.ipaction.org/ if you want to fight the power with the weapon of choice in this particular melee. Cold hard cash.

Re:Today we fight together..tomorrow?

[evronm]

No, it tells you an election is coming up and they don't want to be asked about this in the last 30 days before people vote.

That is all that has happened, nothing else.

You're close, but this is actually much more sinister. It's a very common tactic that goes like this:

1. Propose a piece of legislation which is laughably and completely unreasonalby draconian and make a half-hearted attempt at passing it.
2. Sit and watch while people all over the place spend their time and money opposing it until it is defeated.
3. Propose the draconian legislation you really want. By this point, the opposition has already exhausted their funds and energies, and your legislation passes with little opposition.

Steps 1 and 2 have now been accomplished. I'm just waiting for step 3 when more of my few remaining rights have been taken away. It will, as you say, though happen after the election.

*sigh*

Wanted this to pass

[dieatom]

Darn I was really hoping that this would pass. It opens up so many more doors for us. I for one think that I should be able to sue GM, Chryslar-Daimler, BMW and the rest for producing cars that go more then 65mph thus inducing me to speed. Those speeding tickets weren't y fault sir I was induced to speed. Let's not forget to sue fast food for inducing us to splurge and fatten ourselves due to their biggy size's. Gone is the age of individual responsibility /cheer. Let's not hold users accountable for their actions no no it is the saftware writers fault damn you naughty naughty geeks. This type of bill is why we get Redhat linux distro's unable to play mp3's and why SuSE pro 9.1 will not play a DVD right out of the box. This alone and well maybe the DMCA will do more to stifle innovation then any band of world war 2 germans.