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Senate May Rush Copyright Legislation
iman1003 writes "According to an article on Wired, the Senate may soon pass a bill labeled HR2391, a bill which lumps many other copyright bills. If passed the bill would "would criminally punish a person who 'infringes a copyright by ... offering for distribution to the public by electronic means, with reckless disregard of the risk of further infringement.'" In addition the bill would "permit people to use technology to skip objectionable content -- like a gory or sexually explicit scene -- in films, a right that consumers already have. However, under the proposed law, skipping any commercials or promotional announcements would be prohibited." The bill would also punish people "who bring a video camera into a movie theater to make a copy of the film for distribution" with up to three years imprisonment and fines. If any of this worries you please contact your Senators and Representatives and voice your concern."
man, you nutcases crack me up. +5 insightful? are you kidding me? Does anyone who is reasonably intelligent actually believe that some shitty copyright law will make the US implode? or that all politicians seek to enslave the american people? So if politicians seek only to serve corporations, how do you explain those who advocate stricter pollution regulation? or those who won't vote for this bill? Oh, wait a second, that doesn't fit in with your retarded wet dream that america has become a fascist dictatorship.
The people who voted for Bush, naturally. Obviously, you need to lower your standards more.
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