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Software Firms Lobby for Stronger Copyright Laws

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the fun-time-closer-to-being-over dept.

Spy Handler writes "According to an article on CNN, the Business Software Alliance went before the Congress yesterday and lobbied for stronger copyright protection. Their key point: Internet Service Providers (ISPs) should be required to reveal the names of customers who may be distributing illegal wares on peer-to-peer networks. I guess they feel that the DMCA is too lax for them to be allowed to carry out RIAA-style raids on college students."

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  1. Wow..Rights for sale... by CygnusXII · · Score: 4, Informative

    Guess the BSA and all concerned learned a lesson from the RIAA, go to the source and change the laws, if they do not work for you. Sounds like the NET Act all over again.

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    My cat's picked up a Hammer. HEY! Put down that Hammer. Put Down that Hamm...THUNK!
  2. Re:What I never understood about copyrights.... by sangreal66 · · Score: 2, Informative
    WHAT WORKS ARE PROTECTED?

    Copyright protects "original works of authorship" that are fixed in a tangible form of expression. The fixation need not be directly perceptible so long as it may be communicated with the aid of a machine or device. Copyrightable works include the following categories:

    1. literary works;
    2. musical works, including any accompanying words
    3. dramatic works, including any accompanying music
    4. pantomimes and choreographic works
    5. pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
    6. motion pictures and other audiovisual works
    7. sound recordings
    8. architectural works

    These categories should be viewed broadly. For example, computer programs and most "compilations" may be registered as "literary works"; maps and architectural plans may be registered as "pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works."

    http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#wwp
  3. war against jesusland by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative
    yep, the religious right owns us.

    where's your compound? i could be of use to you. i'm a chemist, i can cook up bombs and i know how to handle a gun. i want to be a part of the war against the jesusland freaks.