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Congress Declares War on File Leakers
An anonymous reader submits "Bush is expected to sign a law that essentially makes it a crime punishable by up to three years in jail for a user to put a single 'copy of a film, software program or music file in a shared folder and should have known the copyrighted work had not been commercially released.' Whichever side you're on in the copyright debate, you have to agree this legislation is draconian and excessive, to say the least."
Once again, Microsoft saves the day. This legislation is nullified by simply sharing all folders. Thankfully, Microsoft has already done this for us.
\\127.0.0.1\c$
"copy of a film, software program or music file in a shared folder and should have known the copyrighted work had not been commercially released.'"
Reading this makes my head hurt. Hello, editors?
Family Entertainment and Copyright Act (Legislation) sounds like a loda of crap to me...
Sad that it took 6 AC's to point that out.
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Man, am I glad that I'm using Linux.
Has anyone read the article and seen the name of this thing?
the Family Entertainment Copyright Act Legislation
With luck, we'll end up with an enforcement branch being created and the Supreme Court refusing to get involved under the ground, "We feel that, ultimately, copyright control in this country is a F.E.C.A.L. matter."
They do know it's the 20th, no the 1st, right?
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I just got this pre-release program of the next version of hello world. Don't share!!
#include
main()
{
printf("hello ")
printf("world\n")
}
"the actual bill - the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act"
Just out of curiosity if that becomes law, would it then be the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act Law or FECAL?
Who thinks up these names...
The bill's acronym is one "L" shy of being perfectly named.
"Apparently so, but suppose you throw a coin enough times. Suppose one day, it lands on its edge."
Not, just next time before you put a copy of a song you made of your CD into your shared folder,think twice, you might want to just go and rape someone (preferably a lawmaker who makes such laws). You'll be a criminal in either case but could get away with less for rape.
How to bring the RIAA down in 3 (mostly illegal) steps
1. Produce a home movie and copyright it (think something dirty) and schedule a release date in the future for the movie.
2. (harder bit, think social engineering) create a shared folder on a server in the office of the RIAA and locate a copy of the movie there
3. Present to local prosecutor an anonymous letter stating that a "fan" of your work found this on a computer at the RIAA and thought you should know about it.
Although ungodly illegal it would probably have some merit in a court of law. In the discovery phase alone your likly to find enough immages/movies (porn) to find something else illegal.
The RIAA is left with 2 choices fight the law that allowed the search in the first place or suck the charges
I think anyone who releases "Survivor" needs to be put in jail. I watch my share of bad movies and tv, but I don't know how anyone can sit through most of these reality tv shows. Apparently people do, but I would prefer to gouge my eyes out with a spoon.
I've come up with a solution to the problems people have when watching movies: elevators / lifts.
The main problem seems to be noise and no one talks or answers cell phones in elevators. You can bring your own food into elevators, and the sound system should be quite realistic in such a small space. As for the ads, if you were to watch them going up and down elevators instead of during the movie, I'm sure no one would have any problems with it.
Take my word for it. The future of cinema is the elevator.
Yes, the bill is written that way. So you could potentially spend 3000 years in jail under your scenario. Think about it.
Thats not so bad. With good behavior, you could be out in less than 2812 years.
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
I think I'll burn some middle-eastern petroleum in my German engineered car (manufactured in Mexico), have a piece of Central America grown fruit, flip on the SE Asian fabricated TV and watch some good old american network news.
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
Honestly, I'd rather just continue to download the free content while giving them the finger, grinning as they can't do SHIT to me ;)
While we're on the topic, this is called the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act. Would it therefore be proper to call it the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act Legislation, aka FECAL?
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Perhaps you should be prosecuted for stealing the content selling opportunities owned by the theater. It's not the actual M&M's you took in, but the sale that the theater lost due to your illegal activity.
Oh, and I REALLY hope you didn't share any of those M&M's.
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I attempted to paste the text of the bill into a comment so readers would have quick access, but Slashdot wouldn't let me post it because it failed to pass a "lameness filter". Wow, Slashdot's filters are good!
Bullshit. If they start putting advertisements in the elevators, I am going to take said elevator to the top floor, whip out my machine gun, and murder everyone in sight.
... don't force me to look at ads in elevators, or other closed spaces where I cannot avoid the dreck. I will freak the fuck out.
Or maybe I'll just take the stairs. Or maybe I'll stay out of tall buildings for good. But please, for the love of the merciful almighty god who makes the sun rise each morning
The name of the bill is the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act. So that means if you get caught with downloaded movies, you're being tried on FECAl matters.
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"I'm inclined to just start pirating movies in bulk without even ever watching a single one of them, just for the purpose of distributing them to others."
Looks like someone forgot to check "Post Anonymously."
You do know that "libertarian ideals" is what allowed things like the RIAA and MPAA, along with Halliburton and Diebold, to form in the first place, right?
You are making the all-too-common mistake of confusing "libertarianism" with "corporate anarchy."
Understandable and forgivable, but please become more informed before accusing me of being a corporate shill. That would be great, thanks.
Information wants to be anthropomorphized.
...is that thing _still_ around?
Axe murderer: What are you in for?
File swapper: I shared a master copy of Britney Spear's newest cd before it was released.
Axe murderer: The Villainy! Bend over.
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...so by your logic, people who commit really hard-to-catch crimes like dropping candybar wrappers into the outhouse at a state park should be shot.
"Now, let me get this straight. If I take a home movie of my kid's birthday party (which I know has not been commercially released) and I put it in the "Shared Documents" folder on my home computer, I'm now a felon?"
Better yet, give copies to all of the parents whose kids came to the party then watch their shares. If it shows up, you get to collect hugh amounts of money and send them to jail! Wheeee! That's what everyone wants right?
all the best,
drew
FreeMusicPush If you want to see more Free Music made, listen to Free
We should be ok as long as we don't go to that planet where Wesley Crusher was sentenced to death for tripping and falling on some flowers... wait a second... All powerful unquestioned leader... Unjust penalties for the common people.. That was our world! Damn you! Damn you all to hell!
As for Britany Spears... letting that knowledge do all the good it's capable of.
Some people might say that Britney Spears' music hasn't done any good, even that it's been harmful... but without it we wouldn't have Britney's Guide to Semiconductor Physics. So it's done at least SOME good. Chuckle.
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