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Software Firms Lobby for Stronger Copyright Laws
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."
I know what this iiiimage iiiiis.
Reading trolltalk has it's advantages after all.
BTW, your link has been reported to the FBI. Enjoy your hot, asspounding federal action you sick, business-owning fuck!
Alito: A vote for Alito is a punch in the eye to put that bitch back in her place!
Well, each time Congress extends the length of copyright or strengthens patent law, they're stealing from me, they're stealing from you, and they're stealing from each person in this country who could gain anything from that work, even if it's just 90 minutes of enjoyment from watching an old movie for free. I, for one, am outraged, and now that Congress has turned to looting from me for the benefit of the few who are wealthy and powerful, I will feel no remorse when I download music, or copy DVDs.
Well, heck, whatever it takes for you to feel better about taking someone else's work without compensating them, I guess.
It's amazing how easy it is to rationalize those things away, isn't it?
Coming soon - pyrogyra
Uh. Not really. If you're trading something on the net that sounds/looks like a copyright infringement, why shouldn't the companies have the right to check it out?
The owls are not what they seem
I will be writing a personal letter, direct to the president of the United States, asking that your sick, backwards, pedocountry be nuked immediately.
The CIA will be hacking your IP address shortly. The first detachment of marines will land shortly after that.
Alito: A vote for Alito is a punch in the eye to put that bitch back in her place!
Get a room.