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Orrin Hatch to Lead Senate Panel on Copyright, Patents
PontifexPrimus writes "Senator Orrin Hatch, (in)famous for his idea of destroying the computers of copyright violators is to head a Senate 'panel, which will have jurisdiction over copyright, trademark and patent law, as well as treaties intended to protect American intellectual property overseas.' Looks like file sharing will finally be erased once and for all. Oh, and this looks like another field day for those who refuse to subsume patent, trademark and copyright law under the heading of 'IP law.'"
What I don't get is why so many slashdotters are AGAINST the use of IP law as it stands.
It is the only thing that protects you when you write code and release it as GPL.
Without it, anyone could steal your code and use it how they wish. Microsoft could make a proprietary Linux and sell it and market it to take over.
It protects the work you do, and coming down harder on the people who work AGAINST IP just sounds counterproductive.
It's just a fucking troll, stop modding it up please!
Why? Keep in mind that copyright protection is what gives the GPL its teeth. So any legislation from Hatch & Co. will cut both ways - if it can be used as a basis to sue Metallica downloaders, it can also be used as a basis to sue GPL violators.
Lost: Sig, white with black letters. No collar. Reward if found!
You Got It, thats what we have. Willful Ignorance is the law of the land nowadays. Americans have to have a hard series of Bitch Slaps to get anything. Fuck, we have had two fraudulent elections in a row and we still don't have paper trails or standardized voting machines. No wonder they are always saying "God Bless America", we probably need it more than the rest of the world. But I think "God give us a Freaking Clue." would be more useful
So the basis of what's right and what's wrong is whether it's a business or an individual that's engaged in the violation?
If that's the case, then we should give the CherryOS guy a free ride, since it's pretty clear that he's just one guy, trying to get something for nothing, much like the majority of downloaders.
Either you are not thinking clearly, you're not being honest with yourself about your own activities, or a combination of both. Stop making excuses and accept responsibility for your actions.
Note: I'm not saying to stop downloading. I'm just saying stop bullshitting yourself about it, and by extension, bullshitting others.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
Obviously, you don't know who or what a terrorist is.
Man is a slave because freedom is difficult, whereas slavery is easy.
No, i'm not. See, i just called this thing we're doing here a 'game' -- meaning that i don't take it seriously at all.
Orrin Hatch declaring RIAA operatives as the judge, jury and executioner allowed to destroy anyone's computer they want makes him a terrorist in my book.
In that case, i suggest you ask for a refund on that book, as it's a shitty one. Contrary to the popular belief, not everyone you don't like is a terrorist (or a fascist/communist/$evilincarnateoftheday).
Note that none of this means that i agree with him.
Man is a slave because freedom is difficult, whereas slavery is easy.
Someone modded this as a Troll. It is clearly not a troll. If you disagree with someone, reply! Don't be a coward and hide behind the moderation system.
I hope this "moderator" gets smacked in meta mod.
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