Don’t Copy That Floppy
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Don’t copy that floppy, otherwise you might lose your computer, router, and any equipment that may have assisted in some kind of file sharing. The wording of the bill is scary as hell - the proposed group can seize your assets and auction them off before you are ever accused of or found guilty of a crime. Yikes.
“In the aftermath of the $222,000 jury verdict that the Recording Industry Association of America recently won against a Minnesota woman who shared 24 songs on Kazaa, the U.S. Congress is preparing to amend copyright law.
Politicians want to increase penalties for copyright infringement.
It’s no joke. Top Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday introduced a sweeping 69-page bill that ratchets up civil penalties for copyright infringement, boosts criminal enforcement, and even creates a new federal agency charged with bringing about a national and international copyright crackdown. “
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Mike
December 11th, 2007
at 3:04pm
Kind of ironic that a new government agency, complete with budget, gets created to enforce this…me thinks our tax payer dollars will be footing the bill…I can think of better ways to spend our resources and time.
Yeah, we can lock up those dangerous song-sharing folks and let the pedophiles, gang bangers and murderers roam our streets not to mention keep cutting the budget of our FDA and Consumer protection agencies as well as allow our IRS to continue using ancient systems, and the list goes on….don’t forget about our troops and the Iraq situation..
good policy on busting the copyright crooks…geez…this govt needs to get its priorities straight!! It’s not right to steal but there are so many other critical issues on the table and these types of things getting bumped to the front of the line because of lobbyist money push everything else back even more years…
peace!