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Bush Signs Law Targeting P2P Pirates
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.'"
...they don't have this problem.
They should call it the Federal Entertainment Copyright Act of Law (FECAL). That way, when the FBI goes to bust someone, they can have a press release where they say:
"We here at the FBI take FECAL matters very seriously, and Jimmy here is in way over his head."
No, Mr President, I don't think this has anything to do with the American family. Just say Movie Protection or something.
irony: President Bush signing anything that involves the word "intellectual"
Been nice knowing you guys.. wait.. we'll all meet up again in the big house and talk over the old times together.. it'll be fun!
No todo lo que es oro brilla
Start -> Control Panel -> Add Remove Programs
Wait for "The list to be populated"
Click "Remove" next to "eMule, used Frequently"
"Are you sure you want to uninstall eMule?
*sigh* "Yes"
Remember kids, when you use P2P, you're supporting terrorists, and because of that, using P2P will get you shipped to Syria where a confession will be tortured out of you, and then you'll be imprisoned without trial or access to a lawyer until such time as Democrats seize control of the government.
"Live Free or Die." Don't like it? Then keep out of the USA
At first, they wanted to cut off all four of my limbs. However, after years of negotiation, and much effort, we've managed to reach a compromise where they only cut off my left foot.
I'm happy with the deal.
huh?
It's the REAL Golden Rule.
The one who has the Gold makes the Rules
"Live Free or Die." Don't like it? Then keep out of the USA
Simply put: Passion of the Christ DVD sales
Now that this law is passed, unauthorized peer-to-peer filesharing of copyrighted materials will be stopped and we can move on to more important subjects.
They would have checked out hell, but it's pre-release at the moment.
Personally, I think it's vaporware, and clearly not open-source.
Well, the bill allows the editing of "offensive material" from what I've read.
Know what I find offensive?
FBI warnings, MPAA "messages" and commercials on DVDs that I cannot skip or circumvent. Now THAT's offensive.
Using this law, we might be able to get user restrictions removed from DVDs.
I tried every decent and legal way I could think of to resolve the issue w/the business before I rented the chicken suit
>Don't the RIAA/MPAA count damages of $10.000 to
>50.000 for every shared file, in claims against
>file sharers?
Yes, that is due to todays high speed DVD players which can stearm data that is the equivalency to watching 1000 divx movies in the time you watch a typical movie! It is all MPAA math!