In copyright infringement news

[edweird]

If Alberto Gonzales gets his way with congress, expect "attempted IP piracy" among other insane "thought crime-esque" laws added to the books.

http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9719339-7.html

[AirAssault]

Yeah, this coming from the guy that says its ok to torture, and LIES to members of Congress. Sure, we need to support this jack off, guy needs to be in jail.

[Lohman446]

Yeah, this coming from the guy that says its ok to torture, and LIES to members of Congress. Sure, we need to support this jack off, guy needs to be in jail.

So, your position is that all of those who commit perjury should be jailed?

[going_home]

Not Billy Bob Too ?

So, your position is that all of those who commit perjury should be jailed?

HAHA I know where you're going with this one ! LOL

[edweird]

off topic already... grr.

Criminalize "attempting" to infringe copyright. Federal law currently punishes not-for-profit copyright infringement with between 1 and 10 years in prison, but there has to be actual infringement that takes place. The IPPA would eliminate that requirement. (The Justice Department's summary of the legislation says: "It is a general tenet of the criminal law that those who attempt to commit a crime but do not complete it are as morally culpable as those who succeed in doing so."

1 to 10 years for screwing up burning a mixed CD for a friend, which you are NOT PROFITING FROM! Where the hell is the victim in failing to make(or for that point in actually making) a mixed tape for a friend?

/thought crime much?

If you had any doubt who helped Mr. Gonzales with his homework on this agenda...

Require Homeland Security to alert the Recording Industry Association of America. That would happen when CDs with "unauthorized fixations of the sounds, or sounds and images, of a live musical performance" are attempted to be imported. Neither the Motion Picture Association of America nor the Business Software Alliance (nor any other copyright holder, such as photographers, playwrights or news organizations, for that matter) would qualify for this kind of special treatment.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/4/24/141326/870

RIAA has secured the right to collect royalties on all songs regardless of who controls the copyright.

//as a side note this mostly came from the digging I did cause im pissed about this other flexing that the RIAA pulled recently that affects my local used CD store... http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?ali...eate-second-ha

[rkjunior303]

So, your position is that all of those who commit perjury should be jailed?

Perjury IS a crime...

[edweird]

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/business/la-fi-radio21may21,1,1028211.story?coll=la-headlines-business-enter

more RIAA evil, seems they want to overturn a 70 year old congressional exemption of radio to pay royalties because radio by its very nature sells music for the RIAA as a byproduct

[SCpoloRicker]

Lohman, less than three hours?

[Lohman446]

Lohman, less than three hours?

Hmmm... I'll take the over on that one

[SCpoloRicker]

I meant that you pulled the Bu-bu-bu-but out a little early. But if you'll take the over, I'll leave that bait alone and take the under.

[Lohman446]

I meant that you pulled the Bu-bu-bu-but out a little early. But if you'll take the over, I'll leave that bait alone and take the under.

I only asked a question

My new goal is going to be pointing out the stupidity, and hypocrisy of both sides. It should be fun. And easy

[FactsOfLife]

So, your position is that all of those who commit perjury should be jailed?

he won't answer, his narrow view of the world won't let him.

especially when it'll incriminate his Savior BC.


liberal pussy!

[SCpoloRicker]

And by 5 minutes, I am teh Internets Champion!!

/suck it Lohman

[bornl33t]

There are some guys at work that have been disgussing where the goverment is currently headed. Some of them think we might be heading to an all out police state. Some of the laws that are being drafted now are unconstitutional and fullfill a desire to convict a person incase there is nothing they can hold against the person.
Anyway, some of the guys at work speculate that we may be facing another civil war in our not so distant future. I'm not putting my 2 cent on that but I would like to know what everone else thinks....

[Lohman446]

There are some guys at work that have been disgussing where the goverment is currently headed. Some of them think we might be heading to an all out police state. Some of the laws that are being drafted now are unconstitutional and fullfill a desire to convict a person incase there is nothing they can hold against the person.
Anyway, some of the guys at work speculate that we may be facing another civil war in our not so distant future. I'm not putting my 2 cent on that but I would like to know what everone else thinks....

Concrete example of said law?