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."

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[oscast]

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Quoth the sum-bitter:

a bill which lumps many other compyright bills

Perhaps you and the /. editors should start by taking a spelling-right course. Or maybe, you could just run ispell inside emacs? It's M-x $ on my key bindings.

Re:First Heinlein Reference

[110010001000]

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Re:Objectionable content?

[Rangsk]

That's funny, because when I pass a fast-food place, it makes me want to throw up.