Copying Cds = Funding Terrorism

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Copying Cds = Funding Terrorism

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006 | Helpful

I am stealing this from Maximum PC - July 2k6 since It was such a good little article. I linked some of the things they were talking about etc..

We’ve griped ad nauseam about the invasive digital millenium copyright act (DMCA). This law makes it illegal to circumvent copyright protection on movies and music, even if your actions can be described as “fair use”, such as transferring a song or movie to a portable media player. Digital-rights enthusiasts have long hoped the law would be repealed or watered down, but it appears that some members of Congress are preparing to do the exact opposite.

Named The Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2006, the draft version of the new law, which hasn’t been officially presented yet, will expand the provisions of the DMCA, and impose stiff new penalties on software and media pirates while expanding the definition of piracy.

Attorney Genearal Alberto Gonzales revealed the impetus for the Bush administration’s proposed legislation in a speech last November. He said that new technology brought “large scale criminal enterprises” into the copyright infringement party, and went on to make the laughable claims that infringement practices were used “to fund terrorism activities” (Are you freakin serious???)

The new bill contains an assortment of proposals to combat piracy, including a clause that would make “attempting” to commit copyright infringement illegal. Attempting to commit copyright infringement could include anything from posting songs on file sharing services (definitely illegal) to searching Google for your favorite band and finding an illegal MP3 as a result.

Naturally, the music industry is pushing hard for this bill to become law. Contact your government representative if you think otherwise.

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5 Comments to Copying Cds = Funding Terrorism

superstorm
June 14, 2006

Love the link you made out of the comment box. This will never pass, it should not pass, it must not pass. If you purchase your music, you ”the owner” should be able to share it with whoever you want as long as you ”the owner” are not making a profit.

superstorm
June 14, 2006

And to just add salt to the wounds. Wisconsin’s own James Sensenbrenner Republican chairman of the full House Judiciary Committee, will be leading the effort. Nothing will stop from going after people because they have the record company’s deep pockets to stick their hands in whenever they need a cookie for doing the record executives bidding. For shame James Sensenbrenner, for shame….

BS
June 14, 2006

What a bunch of cock gobblers

tranzient
June 21, 2006

Claiming that we are fighting TERRORISM is the hip new way to justify stripping the American citizens of their freedoms. Isn’t freedom what we are still claiming (falsely I might add) to be all about? I guess the idea is that if we take away freedom one little piece at a time for the sake of security, we won’t notice when we live in a completely facist state without any personal freedom or liberty. By invoking fear of terrorists to justify their actions, the government is simply assisting the terrorists in accomplishing their mission. In fact, they are even better at scaring the Americans than Al-Qaeda. See definitions of terror and fear.
I personally would rather live with a lot less security and a lot more freedom than a lot less freedom and a lot more Big Brothers.
But I digress. The bill is a load of shit and should be burned. STOP TELLING EVERYONE WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN’T DO WITH THEIR OWN LIVES AND PROPERTY ALL THE TIME! I also agree that the politicians backing it are in fact a bunch of cock gobblers.