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Senate Bill May Ban Streaming MP3s
Silverhammer writes "According to the EFF, a new Senate bill (S. 2644) sponsored by Senators Feinstein (D-CA) and Graham (R-SC) would effectively ban streaming MP3 for licensed music by requireing 'casters to use the most restrictive streaming format available (e.g., Windows Media or Real) rather than simply the most restrictive features of a chosen streaming format (e.g., Shoutcast or streaming MP3)." From the article: "The PERFORM Act would ... requir[e] webcasters to use DRM that restricts the recording of webcasts. That means no more MP3 streams if you rely on the statutory license. Under the bill, the statutory license would only be available to a webcaster if: [114(d)(2)(C)(vi)] the transmitting entity takes no affirmative steps to authorize, enable, cause or induce the making of a copy or phonorecord by or for the transmission recipient and uses technology that is reasonably available, technologically feasible, and economically reasonable to prevent the making of copies or phonorecords embodying the transmission in whole or in part, except for reasonable recording as defined in this subsection."
A spirit of bipartisanship bridges the right and left in harmonious accord!
*puke*
Maybe some pseudo-DRM that ~prevents~ people from ~not~ sharing could be added to Ogg.
It could be the "copyleft" of DRM. Haha, just kidding.
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I'm surprised we haven't yet had a war on piracy.
It's not a war, it's a "police action."
And it's one, two three, what are we fightin' for?
Don't ask me I don't give damn
We hate mp3s and spam
KFG
Why are they spending tax dollars on this kind of crap legislation! Two ASS sentors who haven't a clue. If someone is playing something it can be recorded even with the most secure format ever invented! How? Easy, i can record what I fucking hear you twits.
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jesus i fucking hate california and the dumbasses who are in it, i need to move outa here back to the east coast, oh wait more dumbasses there too, midwest, fuck more dumbasses there too. Canada?! double dumbasses there! eh
In the words of Louis Black: "This is Congress doing the people's work. The people's stupid, stupid work.
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Coding with assembly is like playing with Legos. Coding an application in assembly is like building a car with Legos.
That's right! DO NOT re-elect Senator USS Nimitz!
Don't just game, Dungeoneer
1. Develop a format even more restrictive than Realmedia and Windows Media, e.g. somekind of hardware-DRM scheme which forces people to hold their breath while listening to said format.
:)
2. Thanks to this law everyone has to use your format! Charge obscene amounts of money in royalties.
3. Profit!
Oops, forgot to ??? the second step, don't you dare steal my idea! And no, didn't RTFA.
Not a problem. MTV doesn't play music anymore.
Alberto Gonzales's logic could not be more clear:
1. Teenager spends no money to acquire song.
2. ???
3. Terrorists profit!
It has been well established through precedent that this counts as a valid argument on Slashdot, so I don't see why people question the statement.
Socialism: a lie told by totalitarians and believed by fools.
Coming to you, from a country that has better problems than doing the bidding of the music industry.
Just a hunch: Could it be that a national law ain't worth jack in an international medium? So it's illegal in the US? Move to Mexico. Make it illegal there? Move to the EU. Make it illegal in the EU? Move to Russia. Make it illegal in Russia? Who cares?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Personally I'd enjoy plugging another hole in some politicians...
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Christ. You people just CAN'T leave Natalie Portman alone, can you?
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Let's face it, the political system of the United States is broken. It's time for a wii! err, revolution.
I have not RTFA, but here's a thought:
what if you added some "DRM" to Ogg to satisfy this?
Of course, it might not be very *good* DRM... something on the order of ROT-13?
Does the bill specify a particular DRM technique, or criteria it must satisfy? If not...
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...Put down your laptops
and pick up a gun
we're gonna have a whole lotta fun
And it's one, two, three, whadda we fightin' for
don't ask me I don't give a damn
we're goin' to Disneyland
and it's five, six, seven, open up the golden gates
aint no time to wonder why
we're all gonna buy...
What?
That was a joke... Come on... somebody laugh.
Gonzales is the same clown who thinks torture and wiretaps are all perfectly legal. He must have skipped the class on the Constitution at law school. He probably cheated on his Ethics final, too.
You know, I'm tired of this old less pirates == more global warming crap. There are not less pirates now. There may be less eye-patches, but South East Asia and Africa have a *huge* pirate population. So if it isn't the pirates, what is it?
Ninjas.
Yes, I know, you're a bit sceptical. But really. Do ninjas use cars? Do ninjas use hairspray?
NO!
Everyone blames global warming on the US; let's put the blame where it really belongs: JAPAN!
When was the last time Japan produced a significant number of ninjas? That's right, you can't tell me, because they haven't produced a real ninja in *YEARS*!
So, Japan, I'm calling you out. Fuck the Kyoto treaty, we need the Ninjyoto treaty.
Step the fuck up Japan!
A blog about stuff.
No it isn't, and the people who parrot the "we're a republic, not a democracy" cliche are elitist authoritarians who understand little about history or government.
Either that, or they're your typical slashdot idiot who learned all of life's important lessons from Civ 2.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
I believe number 2 is:
2. Teenager uses extra money to buy more gas.
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And how does this solve the problem?
nobody has any ogg players so it's automatically the most restrictive.
My God, it's Full of Source!
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