P2P jail bill moves forward

The Register ^ | 9/9/2005 | Andrew Orlowski

[Centurion2000]

I couldn't believe this when I read it. To potential critics, I DID search the FR posts for this one.

[KoRn]

Amazing. If illegal aliens would only get nearly this much punishment...................

[Snoopers-868th]

Links don't work.

[GregoTX]

"The committee asks Congress to discourage the P2P networks from deploying the "guns don't kill people" defence."

I suddenly feel tired. ugh.

[mysterio]

Amazing. This year has seen gifts to the credit card companies, oil companies, and now the record companies. Let's fill our jails with nonviolent teenagers and ruin their lives so the record companies can have more money to create more vapid prefab pop one hit wonders. Good job, government.

Can we tack on an amendment making their new payola scam illegal? You know, how they are using middlemen to pay to play?

[TheForceOfOne]

Already posted here :)

(Hides under desk)

[Centurion2000]

The main one to the article does. I just included the others as possible references.

[Centurion2000]

Cute ;)

[goonie4life9]

"The Feds must 'facilitate the sharing among law enforcement agencies, Internet service providers, and copyright owners of information concerning acts of copyright infringement described in paragraph'." Ah yes. But out of the other side of their mouth, they SCREAM about the Patriot Act. Sharing information between groups to protect us from terrorists- BAD! Sharing information between groups to stop file sharing- GOOD!

[seastay]

what about fines distrubuting and using these

[sourcery]

Draconian enforcement of copyright can have only one outcome: a Constitutional Ammendment abolishing copyright.

[freebilly]

Amazing. If illegal aliens would only get nearly this much punishment...................

Our frickin' moronic legislators are more concerned with illegal downloads by college students and illegal steroids used by pro athletes to waste their time on the millions upon millions upon millions of illegal aliens scrambling across our frickin' borders....

[The Duke]

Why do I believe that if I looked into this a little I'd see Senator Orin Hatch in the middle of it all?

[Paul C. Jesup]

The bill specifies up to five years' jail for anyone making over a thousand copyrighted works available for download.

This bill is so broad that it makes it illegal to transmit copyrighted material over the internet, even with permission.

This would make even I-tunes illegal.

[Paul C. Jesup]

The bill specifies up to five years' jail for anyone making over a thousand copyrighted works available for download.

That says copyrighted "works", not just movies and music. Meaning it could apply to any thing copyrighted, like articles posted on FR.

[Centurion2000]

Link to the actual law text and information on it.

[KoRn]

"The chairman of the House Committee which nodded through the measure, Rep James Sensenbrenner (R.-Wis), was paid $18,000 by the Recording Industry Ass.

I have to say, this looks a hell of a lot more corrupt than anything Tom Delay is accused of, and it really happened lol.

[Mr. Jeeves]

The "no on all incumbents" platform is starting to look more appealing every year. ;)

[308MBR]

Once upon a time, I was screwed over on a patented machine that a friend and I developed. I'm not saying this is perfect, nor am I saying most popular music even borders on intellectual, but the protection of intellectual property is one of the things that has made this nation great by motivating the inventive people with the chance at economic gain.

Let's see how it comes out of the conferenc comittee.

[308MBR]

Once upon a time, I was screwed over on a patented machine that a friend and I developed. I'm not saying this is perfect, nor am I saying most popular music even borders on intellectual, but the protection of intellectual property is one of the things that has made this nation great by motivating the inventive people with the chance at economic gain.

Let's see how it comes out of the conference comittee.