DOJ Doesn't Like the Idea of A Copyright Czar

sconeu writes "Seems as if the DOJ is not particularly happy about HR 4729, the 'Copyright Czar' bill. The Deputy AG told Congress that the current structure works quite effectively. 'Panel members also expressed concern over Section 104 of the bill, which would allow a copyright owner to collect statutory damages for each copyrighted work that is stolen. Detractors fear that this provision could result in protracted lawsuits ... Section 104, however, would penalize criminals on a per-song basis, so if someone pirated a motion picture soundtrack that had songs from 12 different artists, the pirate would be charged with 12 separate offenses and be subject to exorbitant fees.'"

Comments

Re:It this passes...

[KillerCow]

politicians wanting to use the federal government resources to help primarily large businesses

Welcome to fascist America.

what you said was true

[circletimessquare]

except for the hardcore highly addicting and highly inebriating (so that excludes nicotine) drugs like heorin and the opiates, methamphetamine, and cocaine

marijuana should be legal, it's not worse than alcohol. lsd and psilocybin (magic mushrooms) should be legal: not addicting. of course you can't take that and drive

but the highly addicting and highly addicting trinity of meth, crack, and the opiates, especially, must forever be fought in drug war

simply because although all of the lessons about prohibition applied to these drugs as well, the effects of legalization of virally addictive substances is simply worse than prohibition

see the diagram: illegality for the red, legality for everything else. the substances in the red have effects which are worse than all of the prohibition effects you can list

the effects of easy viral addiction and the permanent waste that lays to lives (and freedoms: a drug addict is not free) means these substances must be permanently verboten, forever. in the name of freedom: freedom from the slavery of addiction

Re:All Pau...

[nEoN nOoDlE]

Movie, music, and TV executives, I just want you to know that the parent poster doesn't speak for everyone. Please don't stop making crappy music, tv, and movies just because of the original poster. Me and a lot of my friends love your crap, no matter what you put out. So keep putting it out in droves, because the thought of us reading a book or experiencing nature frightens and revolts us.

Signed,
The Public

you should observe more, pontificate less

[circletimessquare]

ever hear of hillbilly heroin? it's oxycodone. prescription oxycodone. no mafia, no illegality

and yet there is still addiction, lives being ruined, crime in the seconday market, etc.

why?

because of addiction. you need to learn to appreciate what that concept does to your point of view on the opiates

all of the lessons of prohibition are eclipsed in negative value by the sheer extreme addictiveness of the opiates, and outweighs the lessons of prohibition in relation to the opiates

and you have the audacity to talk about free men, when confronted with what opiate addiction does to free men. as in: slavery, zombiehood. talk about blindness