New Congressional Bill Makes DMCA Look Tame

An anonymous reader writes "Representative Lamar Smith is sponsoring the Intellectual Property Protection Act. The new bill is designed to give the Justice Department 'tools to combat IP crime' which which are used to 'quite frankly, fund terrorism activities,' according to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Among the provisions is lowering the standards for 'willful copyright violation' and increasing the corresponding prison term to 10 years." More information is also available at publicknowledge.org.

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They've got the army, we don't

[hackwrench]

The second amendment is useless and completely ignored. Also, different segments of society write other segments of society off, speaking as one who has been written off.

The mental health profession in the USA is mainly to keep people who have been written off preoccupied. Once I refused to let them keep me preoccupied, they refused to have anything to do with me.

Re:Ipod squad

[cheekyboy]

Dont worry dude

When rapture comes and oil is at $500/barrel and gold at $10000/ounce. The rich and powerfull will suffer.

Mass rioting and burning of mansions and govt houses. Jail will be the safest place then.

Ever watch Mike Moores 911? Bottom line is , the comclusion I got is that a lot of americans including the ones
making decisions are real really truly clinically insane, and just are real power trip control phreaks.

Too much drugs in the 60s and none today? Or just never had any?

Just let chaos reign, let nature do its randomness, no one person or govt can control society, it will break down and shit all over you if you try. And then you will be dead and so will the whole familty line like the Tzars.