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Bush Signs Law Targeting P2P Pirates

Posted by Zonk on from the another-victory-in-the-war-on-terror dept.

BlakeCaldwell writes "CNet is reporting that President Bush signed into law the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act (previously-reported). A lawbreaker can land in jail for up to three years for distributing a single copy of a prerelease movie on the Internet. The MPAA's president Dan Glickman applauded the move, stating he wanted to 'thank the congressional sponsors of this legislation for their strong advocacy for intellectual property rights.'"

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  1. Rights? by kin242 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Shouldnt that read 'Intellectual Property Rape'?

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  2. Re:Not that bad... by tomhudson · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    The real silver lining here emerges when you consider where the entertainment industry started back in 2003, and where they've ended up in 2005. After two years of heavy investments in lobbying Congress for a host of outrageous changes to copyright laws (like the Induce Act), the entertainment moguls managed to enact only a tiny sliver of their agenda, and only by granting concessions to ClearPlay.
    Bullshit. Asking for the moon and "only" getting half is just strong-arm negociating tactics. 3 years for 1 copy of a screener? Gee, what's next - maybe life in prison for stealing a dvd player and TV to watch it on ... I'm sure WalMart would like that.

    How about the death penalty for the MPAA execs for each time they falsely advertise something as being so great, when it's a sinking turd?

  3. Re:Not that bad... by tomhudson · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    What does religious right really have to do with people pirating movies?
    Didn't you get the memo? The religious right believes all sin is punishable by death (unless its one of their own). Stealing is a sin (even though copying a movie is not stealing - its a copyright violation yaddda yaddda yaddda yaddda ... ), and ranks right up there with gay marriage in their opinion. Pirate a movie - go to hell. Gays and lesbians - go to hell. Don't believe in Jesus - go to hell.

    Me, I prefer the religious right go to hell - they talk so much about it, without having at least checked it out first.