The worst bill you’ve never heard of

Information Policy Action Committee ^ | Monday, June 05, 2006 | Jake

[Windcatcher]

This will be a busy week in the House -- Congress goes into summer recess Friday, but not before considering the Section 115 Reform Act of 2006 (SIRA). Never heard of SIRA? That’s the way Big Copyright and their lackey’s want it, and it's bad news for you.

Simply put, SIRA fundamentally redefines copyright and fair use in the digital world. It would require all incidental copies of music to be licensed separately from the originating copy. Even copies of songs that are cached in your computer's memory or buffered over a network would need yet another license. Once again, Big Copyright is looking for a way to double-dip into your wallet, extracting payment for the same content at multiple levels.

[Windcatcher]

They're at it again. And again. And again. The beast is always hungry. All I can say is, I've totally stopped going to movies or buying music. In a cold comparison of whether I want to buy the content or see the content industry go bankrupt, bankruptcy wins hands down.

[Daralundy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644458/posts

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644045/posts

[seastay]

why is it they can write legislation to police these issues, with millions of violations possibly but when it comes to illegal copies of social security cards, illegally employment, over stayed visas, we get the sorry excuse that its impossible to write legislation because of the numbers?