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H.R. 4279 Would Establish Federal IP Cops

Posted by kdawson on from the lawn-forcement dept.

MrSnivvel writes "H.R. 4279, Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008, is gaining momentum in Congress. It passed the House a few days back. It would allow the Feds to seize hardware that has even one file coming from 'dubious origins,' e.g. downloaded from P2P. If passed into law, the bill would establish an Intellectual Property Enforcement Division within the office of the Deputy Attorney General. Rep. John Conyers says the goal is to 'prioritize intellectual property protection to the highest level of our government.'"

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  1. Re:This is not capitalism by 0111+1110 · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's not like someone like Barack Obama could ever be a presidential candidate, Sure. Obama Bin Laden is going to change the world. EVERYTHING will be completely different if he is president. Yup. And the fact that the democratic party wouldn't agree with even one of those changes doesn't matter. Sorry, but the democrats are in bed with the corporation too. Look at the vote on this law. Neither party is the solution. Which becomes increasingly obvious with each new law consistent with our new brand of police state fascism.
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    Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave.
  2. Re:Well by OeLeWaPpErKe · · Score: 0, Troll

    Cops here start at 19k,25-29k if they put in their 20 years. They can make nearly their yearly salary in a month by simply taking the money and looking the other way. They can make even more than their salary in a month if they allow a few of their old high school buds to set up meth labs. How many do you honestly think are not going to take the money?

    I do actually think almost none of them take the money.

    Same thing here: A congressman makes,what,130k a year or so? They can make that in a couple of months time by simply not supporting anything that hurts the big multinationals and special interests.

    Actually if the Obama campagin proved anything, it's that the real money is not with "giant" corporations, but you get it by lying to your followers. And it's been demonstrated countless times before, and it always ends the same way.

    Just to give one example

    How will Obama "protect" his "hope and change" ? Obama's shown, btw, to be very pro-IP already. Of course without the support of the networks he'd be nobody. But then, with a different skin color he'd be nobody too. But don't worry : the guy rising on a racist platform will end racism ... yeah right.

    And if you give me a ferrari F-40 I'll make sure everybody gets one.