Senate to mull copyright, piracy measures

The Senate Judiciary committee on Thursday approved four intellectual property bills, clearing the way for votes on the Senate floor. The measures would criminalize using camcorders in movie theaters; increase fees for patent applications; clarify existing law dealing with joint applications for patents; and permit the Justice Department to bring civil lawsuits against copyright pirates.

Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said at the hearing he would delay a vote on a fifth bill that changes penalties for copyright infringement and increases reporting of computer hacking and copyright prosecutions. "I will hold the Hatch-Feinstein Enforce Act for an additional week as I understand that we will be able to achieve more consensus among stakeholders," he said.

Just what this country needs...

Great this is just what we need as a country. What we don't have enough copyright laws as it is? If they want to keep piracy down then what about passing laws that protect the consumer from greedy business. Music wouldn't be pirated if the prices weren't so out rageous and most of it was cr*p. Movies, well I don't get that. I mean I would rather pay $20 for a DVD and have great picture and great video with the extras, etc. that have something recorded on a shaking video camera on a theater. Maybe instead of passing more laws for this, the camcorder makers and movie theaters and studios need to come up with a scrambling device that keeps a camcorder from working in a theater.

As for software piracy. Again if companies wheren't so greedy people wouldn't have to pirate in order to afford software for their computer. What I think is great is the government and many of a wonderful people in power are concerned that poor people can't afford computers so they help to setup programs to make computers more affordable for them. They are now looking at doing the same for broadband. What the hell is the point of this. What they are going to have a computer with broadband but then can't afford software to put on it. This makes a lot of sense.

The music industry now that you can buy tracks online still hasn't got a clue. $1 per track is way to much especially when you consider the restrictions on what you can do with it.

The whole copyright thing is just one big scam to get our brainless law makers to help keep a dead way of business alive a little longer. They are doing it the consumers expense. The sad thing is consumers seem to be so stupid that they don't say NO you do this we aren't going to buy, you can go to hell. No they flock to this cr*p and keep right on buying. Then sit and ***** when they have 30 seconds to play the 4 minute song they just paid $8 for. Morons every last one of them.

Robert

[adamallen252]

I AGREE!!

I do agree now if only the riaa was more concerned about providing its customers with better customer oriented merchandise we might be more apt to spend our hard earned dollar which continues to inflate causing us to need more and have so little to begin with.

Just what this country needs...

Great this is just what we need as a country. What we don't have enough copyright laws as it is? If they want to keep piracy down then what about passing laws that protect the consumer from greedy business. Music wouldn't be pirated if the prices weren't so out rageous and most of it was cr*p. Movies, well I don't get that. I mean I would rather pay $20 for a DVD and have great picture and great video with the extras, etc. that have something recorded on a shaking video camera on a theater. Maybe instead of passing more laws for this, the camcorder makers and movie theaters and studios need to come up with a scrambling device that keeps a camcorder from working in a theater.

As for software piracy. Again if companies wheren't so greedy people wouldn't have to pirate in order to afford software for their computer. What I think is great is the government and many of a wonderful people in power are concerned that poor people can't afford computers so they help to setup programs to make computers more affordable for them. They are now looking at doing the same for broadband. What the hell is the point of this. What they are going to have a computer with broadband but then can't afford software to put on it. This makes a lot of sense.

The music industry now that you can buy tracks online still hasn't got a clue. $1 per track is way to much especially when you consider the restrictions on what you can do with it.

The whole copyright thing is just one big scam to get our brainless law makers to help keep a dead way of business alive a little longer. They are doing it the consumers expense. The sad thing is consumers seem to be so stupid that they don't say NO you do this we aren't going to buy, you can go to hell. No they flock to this cr*p and keep right on buying. Then sit and ***** when they have 30 seconds to play the 4 minute song they just paid $8 for. Morons every last one of them.

Robert

[adamallen252]

I AGREE!!

I do agree now if only the riaa was more concerned about providing its customers with better customer oriented merchandise we might be more apt to spend our hard earned dollar which continues to inflate causing us to need more and have so little to begin with.