[ShadowAce]

[SubGeniusX]

Back in May, the Justice Department issued some proposed legislation to tighten US intellectual property laws and to criminalize some forms of "attempted infringement." Now, legislation based on the proposals has been introduced in Congress by Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH), complete with stiffer jail terms for violaters and the controversial "attempted infringement" clause.

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[SubGeniusX]

Back in May, the Justice Department issued some proposed legislation to tighten US intellectual property laws and to criminalize some forms of "attempted infringement." Now, legislation based on the proposals has been introduced in Congress by Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH), complete with stiffer jail terms for violaters and the controversial "attempted infringement" clause.

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[Gorzaloon]

Oh Good.

The RIAA's Bribe and Graft checks are still clearing!

Party Time.

[antiRepublicrat]

for example, copying an entire album could translate into damages for each individual track

Cool, this means if someone infringes on the copyright for my program, I can get damages not for just one program, but for each of the many classes in it.

Actually, not cool. It's just dumb, designed specifically for the greed of the copyright cartel. No, it was probably written by them and handed to their purchased congresscritter with orders to run with it. We already have very good statutory protection for our works, no more is necessary.

[mysterio]

A real government would break up the RIAA monopoly. Unfortunately, we have a government that has been bought and sold.

[anymouse]

Another thread on this topic with more implications of this bad legislation

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1874550/posts?page=1

[unixfox]

Just keep stepping over the line you friggin tyrants. Your days are numbered.

It's way past time to put these people back where they belong.

[MarkL]

"for example, copying an entire album could translate into damages for each individual track, even if the copyrights in those tracks aren't separately registered."

And for judges who really like to get in there and get active (or at least those who are totally in the pocket of the RIAA) they'll be able to translate damages for each individual note in the song...