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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$
Family Entertainment and Copyright Act (Legislation) sounds like a loda of crap to me...
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.
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.
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!