Infringement 'Detrimental To the Public Health, Safety'

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has declared that copyright infringement 'substantially interferes with the interest of the public in the quality of life and community peace, lawful commerce in the county, property values, and is detrimental to the public health, safety, and welfare of the county's citizens, its businesses and its visitors.' You might laugh, but that means they can close up a property for up to one year for violations of the anti-infringement ordinance [PDF] and the owner can be fined $1,000 for each infringing work produced on site. Not to mention the penalties in the PRO-IP Act, which just sailed through the House."

Comments

Re:That's funny

[Tuoqui]

Yeah get the hell out from infront of your monitor and go get some exercise...

Clearly Intellectual Property is making everyone lazy and fat. Not food.

There is a simple and legal way out.

[Max Littlemore]

The media, movies, web, just about everything is full of proud Americans banging on about the freedoms enshrined in the constitution, but it seems you guys don't know how to use them. Obvious corrupt crap like this which is precisely what your 2nd amendment is for.

Now it may seem like I'm trolling here, but stay with me a moment. Your right to bare arms is not there so you can all be badass gangstas, cowboys or teenage psycho-killers. It's so you can remind your governments at all levels that they serve you, not the other way around.

March on these fuckers, boot them out and then raid warehouses and shops of legitimate DVDs, CDs, etc. Dump the lot in the bay. Have a big L.A. DVD party and stop being such pussies.

Okay, so maybe I am trolling a bit, but at least I'm shooting for Insightful Troll. You know it makes sense.