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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."
Why is this a problem? If you're not out there ripping people off and distributing copyrighted material, you shouldn't have a problem, yes? I'm sure that the Slashdot crowd will get all huffy about this, but in the end, after all the convoluted chest thumping, the bottom line is: don't steal from people.
"Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck
just stop stealing and then you don't have to worry about it? I just don't understand why people get so upset over these proposed laws??? I mean, wow, my neighbor drives a Porsche that I'd love to have, but that doesn't mean I go steel it! Wake up people. If you're upset about this then you are doing something that is illegal. Face it. I'm not Trolling, just trying to get people to face the music (pun intended). :)
People are rational. We should put a price tag on everything by privatizing everything, including the air you breath. By doing this, we can optimize the allocation of resources. We've earned the political capital to do this, let's spend it.
The only reason why they feel it's ok to pass these bills now is because you stupid americans allowed bush to return to office despite all the voting irregularities.
America is really the pits.
Buwaahahaha, you crazy americans get what you vote for :D :D I can only laugh at all the restrictions you put on yourself :D :D :D
Only George Bush's administration would prevent someone from skipping ads in their own home. Who else will pay the DOJ's expenses for prosecuting infringers? This should be the definition for paradox in Websters.
Jax
Do all Democrats carry on like a bitter scorned woman?
Get over it homey...
And I suppose that by you suggesting that I do this, the FBI is now going to hunt you down and arrest you for inciting a crime. Hmmm. Somehow, I'm still not feeling oppressed. But using Germany as an example of an advanced government is really funny. Thanks for the belly laugh.
On an unrelated note, be sure to spell- and grammar-check.
And yes, I believe that dangling hyphen is considered correct, but I'm open to finding out I'm wrong.