I don't think the government is the problem, but I do think that politicians are the worst choice of people we let run it. We should outlaw lobbying system, and get the government back on track for what it's supposed to be, and it's supposed to serve the people. If we didn't have government officials who make money from oil in charge, then we'd already have cars running on alternative fuels instead of Bush's long-term "plan". We could already be in Brazil's position where they expect to be completely self-suficient for fuel very soon. We shouldn't have oil tycoons holding us back because it's bad for America to hold us back, but I genuinly don't believe that our politicians care what's good for America.
Spread the word to every non-computer person you know. Congress doesnt' give two white what we think. But if we all get our non-tech friends an family to understand, and VOTE OUT THE FACISTS, then something can be done.
This outrageous law basically says everyone is guilty of piracy before due process in a court of law. Communisum would be what I call this. The U.S. government does not believe in peoples rights anymore. Big business is spending millions in bribes paying off greedy government officials to make these ridiculous laws. Recording of any kind will be prohibited. If this law is passed everyone needs to stop buying DVD's, CD's, and any recorded media of any kind. We the people need to gain control of our fair rights use.
Communism: A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members.
Seems like a true communist might be in favor of sharing...you might have been better served using the word totalitarianism...
Communism: A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members.
Seems like a true communist might be in favor of sharing...you might have been better served using a word like totalitarianism...`
Communism is an economic system and is most notably confused with socialism. Socialism has been used to as a tool to deny rights to individuals, as in the PRC (China), but so has other forms of government such as monarchies and dictatorships.
I think the word to best describe what you are saying is totalitarian.
This story is absolutely amazing! Attorney General Gonzales actually believes that Internet hackers fund terrorist activities? You gotta be kidding?
I was VP of development for the original Napster before the RIAA and the courts shuts us down, so I am a little sensitive to copyright paranoia. The pendulum seems to have swung waaaay too far in the other direction with this proposed legislation.
I wrote a blog on copyrights today. Will C/Net sue me because I used snippets of their article in the post? This bill would seem to make me a criminal. <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2006/04/copyright_hacke.html" target="_newWindow">http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2006/04/copyright_hacke.html</a>
May be we should call the FBI and SWAT in (should we involve the Delta since the terrorism?) to catch you. Then You can blog out all you want for the next 10 coming years out of solitary confinement.
Murders and crack dealers do not cause companies and organizations who contribute to the campaigns of politicians to "lose" profits. Its all done in the name of keeping the fat cats fat. Losing money is a far more dangerous thing than killers and drug dealers.
Write a letter about your concerns and send it to them every week or month. Get as many people to do it. When they understand it will affect their re-election it will be sat on or voted against.
Problem is too many do not exercise their rights and contact their elect officials to tell them about their position. Todays republicans do this, but independents and democrates usually don't. Take up arms on issues you believe are important!
Of course writing to one's elected officials is the correct way to do this. But you gotta tell people *how*.
Start with google and find your officials in Washington DC. Also, go to eff.org or a similar group where you can look up what they're doing in your state house and senate. Try to google your representatives and find the email or snail-mail addresses.
After finding the representatives' contact info, you can probably also find a web site dedicated to the bills currently before them.
Eff.org often has form letters you can simply add your name and email address to and easily send to your elected officials.
But don't hassle your representatives with repeatedly sending the same message... That only takes away from your credibility.
Again, are you ready to vote against republicans yet?
What will it take? How much of our freedom are you willing to sacrifice just to not let gay people get married, or whatever your reason was to vote for them? You're voting aginst your ownself interest, WE oversee the government, it's not the other way around. Will we all watch the constitution erode away at the corptacrosy of the 'New America'? We will we let the corporations continue to take OUR governemnt away from us? When you vote this November, keep this in mind.
>WE oversee the government, it's not the other way >around. Will we all watch the constitution erode >away at the corptacrosy of the 'New America'? We >will we let the corporations continue to take OUR >governemnt away from us?
Don't let the government hear you say that. They'll label you a domestic terrorist conspirator or something and throw you in jail for the rest of your life...
But, at the risk of being labeled unamerican myself, I agree, and I'd like to see a lot of thing go back to what the founding fathers intended. Copyrights were limited-time back then, and they had reasons for that. Patents were to protect the small inventor, not the gargantuous corporate conglomerate, and they were not intended to prevent progress like they do today. Government wasn't meant to meddle in every detail of our everyday lives, it was to protect us from would-be conquerers and local crime, not to tell us the right and wrong ways to raise our kids or to protect obsolete business models from obsolescence (RIAA and cds!) when better ways of doing the same thing have appearred and consumers obviously prefer it (legal mp3 purchases via internet). Nor was the government intended to scare its citizens and treat them like Orwell's vision might, and it does feel like we're quickly going in that direction.
I wish we'd had a better democtrat candidate last time. If we did, I think it'd have been different. For those who are registered republican, I hope you all consider to end the Bush family dynasty and get someone with different way of doing things on the ballot next time around. People, whatever you do, vote for the guy that will do the least selling us out.
As long as the American voters remain convinced that our options are either Republicrats or Democritters, nothing of substance will change. One definition of insanity is "doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results." We have been forming up behind these same two parties for my entire lifetime and no matter which one holds the most power at any given time, things just kept getting worse. I totally agree that we are in dire need of change. My point is that anyone who believes positive change can be brought about by either major party hasn't been paying attention (for at least fifty years). This is simple: the only way to stop getting what you're getting is to stop doing what you're doing.
Why do we persist in electing and re-electing these crooked airheads to run the government? And think about it: we have too many laws on the books as it is, so why do we keep electing (hiring) lawyers to legislate new ones? We need people who will work hard to reduce the volume of laws (thus the expense of enforcing them). Eliminating laws is not in the nature of lawyers. We need to elect more dentists.
There is no distinguishable difference between the majority of the Democrats and the majority of the Republicans.
They are all Liberals who only desire to enlarge the power and authority of the State. They aspire to be viewed as the 21st Century versions of Lenin and Marx.
Remember, if you pass a huge number of laws then you can better control the people because when you have that many laws, someone will always be in violation of at least one so you always have cause to arrest anyone.
>Gonzales said, adding that proceeds from the >illicit businesses are used, "quite frankly, to >fund terrorism activities."
Can we do anything anymore without bringing up terrorism? Sorry, but that made me laugh. All them college kids downloading mp3s or TV shows for free can't be helping the bad guys that much, can they? Where's the money coming FROM in that, as the evil downloaders are doing so "for free", or so the numerous RIAA lawsuits are alledging.
The BUSH administration cannot get ANYTHING done unless they scare the beegeebee's out of everyone. The only reason he won the last election is because he made everyone so affraid the "terrorists" would come get us if Kerry was elected. I hope all those people feel as foolish as they look now.
So you know Bush really wants it when get says the boogey man is gonna get you!
The recording industry will be supprised when they find out that 2/3 of the people on the internet today are stealing something. That arresting 50 million americans will pose a more daunting task that $20 million will not pay for. All this just makes me want to fine an IP mask :P
THis has nothing to do with parties I am a liberal and I hate hillaries stance on Video Game censorship. I think its us against the Gov't and the politicians!
We don't have to take this lying down. Why do you think the government is so hell bent on spying on us all and taking away all our rights? We all know why the shadowy figures behind bush push this legislation at him to be pushed at congress, it's to milk us for every last dime they can get from us and put us in jail if we fail to cough up enough. But the reason they want to spy on us, and subjegate us, and constantly lie to us is because we really do have the power to overthrow them and change our government for the better. Yes, we could do it violently I'm sure, but a much more efficient way would be to simply vote them out! Teddy Roosevelt started his own political party around the turn of the century because big business had become so powerful and oppressive that it was destroying our democracy and degrading the quality of life of a large number of americans. They were selling watered down axle grease (which was white) to people and calling it milk, and noone was there to stop them. People got fed up and they changed things for the better, by ignoring the republicans and the democrats and following teddy and his "bull moose" party. Let there be no doubt that we are in a similar situation today, and if we vote in democrats instead of republicans we are only playing along with the game of the powerful and falling right back into the same old trap. Their policies are actually very similar in the end, they only seem different on the surface. What we need to do is stop voting for democrats or republicans because they tell us it's the only way, but to think for ourselves and vote our conscience. I personally think the green party is a good choice, and if we vote in independent candidates or candidates which are not beholden to the democrat or republican money machines, then their power will be broken! We can do it, we just have to believe it and then follow through with it. If we couldn't do it, then they would have no reason to fear us, to spy on us, or to take away our rights.
Aren't the prisons already overcrowded enough? Like a couple of posters already mentioned, should the penalty not fit the crime? Violent criminals often get out before a lot of these alleged "criminal" downloaders/sharers will.
Citizens need to organize and lobby the government just like these corporations do, maybe then we will get some laws that actually protect the public interest.
Am I the only one scared that moronic people are making the laws that we all must follow? People that don't know the technology? Why should groups of companys create policy for the whole of the US?
Once again the US Congress has proved it will sell out to the highest bidder. Maybe if we all clubbed together we could buy our own counter congressmen.
So if they get their way, kids who copy movies will be going to prison longer than child molesters and rapists. Ofcourse once there, they will be taught a proper trade, such as armed robbery, murder and all sorts of interesting things we'd be happy for the future of our country to participate in - so long as it isn't breaking the copy protection of a DVD or CD.
I didn't used to have much sympathy for thieves who steal music, movies and video games - but I've changed my mind. At least they're honest in their own way, unlike our Congress, that at the moment is simultaneously pretending to change it's "for sale" ways, and selling out to the highest bidder at the same time.
I'm happy to try to buy a Congressman/woman this election, but it works a lot better to spread the money around. Also, don't underestimate the value of information subsidies--i.e., nonprofit groups.
See, e.g., ipaction.org, "a nonpartisan group dedicated to preserving individual freedom through balanced information policy." They're a PAC that voices most of what's been said on this board.
Also, give your money and time to the two key nonprofits on this issue. See: publicknowledge.org eff.org
Become a member. Even $50 or less is very much appreciated. They sit at the table with the RIAA goons and can use all the staff they can hire.
Finally, your Rep isn't reading this board. But s/he DOES read (indirectly) your mail and phone messages.
Based on what I have seen reading stories about campaign contributors and from www.opensecrets.org, it appears that the price of admission to buy a U.S. Congressperson is $100,000. At the local level it seems to be $10,000. Our democracy here could be made a whole lot more efficient and cheap by just selling legislation outright rather than going through the phoney charade of elections. We would also get rid of buffoons like Jesse Jackson who keep crying, "It's Selma All Over Again".
SKU me with eula's that can't be stepped on by DMCU!
Look. There is many well intended reasons for sitting all of the contrivercy surrounding rootkits. Mainly, no doudt, there are more than one recording artist who's only being is to be heard. Soley for their viewing audience;NOT! But, the new kids have so much more to give back to the future of RSS, Movie Downloads, MP3 support,etc.
Worry no-more yours has been forgotten. It's the Devil inside all of us, better billboard reviews; keep things simple, even at $3-$4 a gallon.
This type of thing. As it stands now, I do not think that this bill will pass as it is not all encumbrancing. Meaning, that it does not apply world wide.
If you study what government is actually trying to do, which is to create a one world govt., then you can see it. China has recently been added to the map. China is noted for the nortorious spam it sends out. It is also the leader in encryption.
America is noted for being the consumer of technology. This is where our elite people come in.
India is noted for the development of software and is what they do best.
Who else do you know that is noted for one thing or another?
Bush is down to 29% in his ratings. Google for skull and bones, and the CBS online 60 minutes story of skull and bones. This will show you how he thinks. Another thing to see is the video Loose Change.
As you become aware of things the govt. is trying to do, you will realize that they are trying to create a one world govt.
If this is successful, then what kind of law will we have? George Bush senior has clip about what it is and states in it that "We will be successful"
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Wake up people! There is now a national ID card that some people in certain professions must have in order to cross borders.
There is also a chip which is being implanted in peoples hands for scanning. These chips have all your information on them. They say that in the future, if you do not have your chip implanted, you will not be able to trade goods, or make any money.
So this bill may just be some type of ploy to divert your attn. as to just what really is happening. Be aware of what your govt. is really doing. Find info on the Bilderberg. Visit political chat and pay attn. to what neighboring people in other countries are saying. You will begin to put the puzzle together.
I don't disagree that there are One World governors out there, or as I would call them One World Evildoers (OWE), but if they run the World like they run FEMA, or CalTrans, or the DMV, they will collapse under their own weight. Can you name one government agency in this country that actually seems to work well? Even the way my local 7-11 store is run puts these agencies to shame. Now, if you put 7-11, or Walmart in charge of OWE, then I would be worried.
This is seriosuly getting out of hand. This is NOT the land of the free anymore. What you say, do, watch, surf the net, phone call, and even read in the library is being monitored and controlled. Does anyone else see the Bush administration really similar to Mcarthyism and Communism? I sure do, this time thought big buisness has the support of the government to screw the little guy. Honestly HELP PEOPLE IN DARFUR they are getting raped, starved, and relocated in a mass genocide and what two years later after petitions we are helping them out!? FIND SOME REAL ISSUES AND FIGHT FOR THEM! leave our personal lives to us the person.
Have you called them to speak up for the rights of the consumer? You can be sure they are getting calls from RIAA/MPAA!
202-225-8628 Lamar Smith 202-225-5101 James Sensenbrenner
Have you called YOUR representative? Find their phone number: <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.house.gov/" target="_newWindow">http://www.house.gov/</a>
And please remember to be POLITE when expressing your position! You can be sure the RIAA/MPAA lobbyists are well-mannered when they speak to staff at congressmen's offices.
It all comes down to one thing, if we want these idiots to back off, all we have to do is quit buying from them, no more movies, music, books, nada. Let it go on for what I'm willing to bet would be an awfully short period of time and they'd be crying to whatever it took to bring people back to buying things from them again.
Seems to be a fine line between protecting IP and granting government more license to spy on people and businesses. It's interesting, 23 states have data security requirements that include use of encryption in business e-transactions, but what's the use if records can be impounded? We should be safe from each other but not our government... huh. The best tactic is to be safe from both: <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.essentialsecurity.com/products.htm" target="_newWindow">http://www.essentialsecurity.com/products.htm</a>
That someone convicted under this new bill will be getting a tougher sentance than child molesters convicted in Vermont?? No word of a lie, do the research, the average child molester in Vermont gets under three years... yet if you bootleg Doom 3, you can go to jail for a DECADE.
I'm a Republican that is ashamed of his party for trying to toady up to scum like the RIAA. I'd vote Democrat, but they gave us the NET act, so both parties are guilty.
Patently absurd - copy right infringement funding terrorism.
Does anyone else find the statement that Gonzales said, that proceeds from the illicit (copyright infringement) businesses are used, "quite frankly, to fund terrorism activities." - patently absurd. Please - anyone out there, name one case ever where the illegal gains from copy right violations have been documented and prosecuted as used to fund terrorism. What is Gonzales now - the designated moron whipping boy to sacrifice to the press in order to take public focus off long over due realization that their president has lost all credibility - in the US and world wide? (The rest of the world knew it long before the "mainstream" US population.) Or, does Bush now have serious competition in his administration for most vacuous intellect.
true. funding terrorism is already totally illegal, so why isn't that the yardstick that the penalties are measured by?
if you make penalties for piracy really really harsh, then duh: only people with the resources to hide a criminal enterprise will attempt to jump into the market; so it's a self-fulfilling prophecy created in part by the penalties themselves.
but really, this is aimed at people downloading illegally...people who are not making money for anybody (remember that argument?) this is like how anti-hacking laws seem to implicitly charge you with everything you *might* do by treating the act of hopping on open WIFIs as a sure bet that you are downloading illegal stuff and conducting espionage against the government.
We will see intellectual property laws come back to bite the the very people lobbying to have them be this strict. Just imagine the bill's own authors losing their houses because of their teenage children, getting extorted by hordes of patent trolls, or IP auditors getting you every time you work around bugs and licensing induced problems, or the hidden costs of making sure that nobody at the company *ever* violates IP rules under any circumstances.
the point is to bring down IP violations to a level where the economy on the whole remains healthy. 0% piracy at the cost of lots of IP prisoners and a small number of companies holding all the cards would not in the end resemble capitalism or a free market. BigCompanies/BigGovernment is where it leads.
Just as Comrade Bush claimed Iraq and Osama were partners, this is just another lie invented to make the people fall in behind, and lock step Bush's plans.
Bush will link ANYTHING to terrorism if he thinks it will give him soem form of leverage.
Comrade Bush IS the lie, and sad for us, WE have to deal with this MORON on a daily basis.
May he die of heart failure!
When this dictator dies, the nation shall once again be free!
Laws 'he' created will be removed, politicians will lose their jobs and the government WILL be downsized to PRE WWII size, AND it will no longer serve its own agenda, but wil be forced to serve US ONLY from that point forward!
Just as Comrade Bush claimed Iraq and Osama were partners, this is just another lie invented to make the people fall in behind, and lock step Bush's plans.
Bush will link ANYTHING to terrorism if he thinks it will give him soem form of leverage.
Comrade Bush IS the lie, and sad for us, WE have to deal with this MORON on a daily basis.
May he die of heart failure!
When this dictator dies, the nation shall once again be free!
Laws 'he' created will be removed, politicians will lose their jobs and the government WILL be downsized to PRE WWII size, AND it will no longer serve its own agenda, but wil be forced to serve US ONLY from that point forward!
Just as Comrade Bush claimed Iraq and Osama were partners, this is just another lie invented to make the people fall in behind, and lock step Bush's plans.
Bush will link ANYTHING to terrorism if he thinks it will give him some form of leverage.
Comrade Bush IS the lie, and sad for us, WE have to deal with this MORON on a daily basis.
May he die of heart failure!
When this dictator dies, the nation shall once again be free!
Laws 'he' created will be removed, politicians will lose their jobs and the government WILL be downsized to PRE WWII size, AND it will no longer serve its own agenda, but wil be forced to serve US ONLY from that point forward!
Just as Comrade Bush claimed Iraq and Osama were partners, this is just another lie invented to make the people fall in behind, and lock step Bush's plans.
Bush will link ANYTHING to terrorism if he thinks it will give him some form of leverage.
Comrade Bush IS the lie, and sad for us, WE have to deal with this MORON on a daily basis.
May he die of heart failure!
When this dictator dies, the nation shall once again be free!
Laws 'he' created will be removed, politicians will lose their jobs and the government WILL be downsized to PRE WWII size, AND it will no longer serve its own agenda, but wil be forced to serve US ONLY from that point forward!
Namely, turning a profit could support terrorism. Liquid assets could be given away to anyone. Let's face it, most of the money that does go to support terrorist causes comes from legally gotten funds later funneled to the cause. While crime may make some percentage of the funding, it's widely believed that it's legitimate businesses and individuals are the principle sources of funding.
No, the "funding terrorism" statement is a red herring. It's simply an easy way to justify something not otherwise justifiable at the expense of the electorate.
Now that we have a country where 99% of it's wealth is controlled by the top 1%, it's only logical they want tight controls on digital information as well.
...I just wish Democrats had anything resembling a solution. We better just hold our nose and vote though, at the very least we disrupt the express train to hell we're riding now.
No, Politicians and bureaucrats are the huge problem.
No, Politicians and bureaucrats are the huge problem.
There is no distinguishable difference between the majority of the Democrats and the majority of the Republicans.
They are all Liberals who only desire to enlarge the power and authority of the State. They aspire to be viewed as the 21st Century versions of Lenin and Marx.
Remember, if you pass a huge number of laws then you can better control the people because when you have that many laws, someone will always be in violation of at least one so you always have cause to arrest anyone.
Anything is better than a village idiot and his money-grubbing cronies pandering to big business! Unfortunately a lot of the damage has already been done - I hope all the past-republican voters have realized their ignorance and stupidity and are ready to vote for a change in course!
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I say it's time for "Civil War 2.0!"
We need to take out all of the us goverment, That communist Bush most of all!
This aint your grand pappy's America any more.
before due process in a court of law. Communisum would be what I
call this. The U.S. government does not believe in peoples rights
anymore. Big business is spending millions in bribes paying off
greedy government officials to make these ridiculous laws.
Recording of any kind will be prohibited. If this law is passed
everyone needs to stop buying DVD's, CD's, and any recorded
media of any kind. We the people need to gain control of our fair
rights use.
Seems like a true communist might be in favor of sharing...you might have been better served using the word totalitarianism...
Seems like a true communist might be in favor of sharing...you might have been better served using a word like totalitarianism...`
I think the word to best describe what you are saying is totalitarian.
I was VP of development for the original Napster before the RIAA and the courts shuts us down, so I am a little sensitive to copyright paranoia. The pendulum seems to have swung waaaay too far in the other direction with this proposed legislation.
I wrote a blog on copyrights today. Will C/Net sue me because I used snippets of their article in the post? This bill would seem to make me a criminal. <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2006/04/copyright_hacke.html" target="_newWindow">http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2006/04/copyright_hacke.html</a>
Problem is too many do not exercise their rights and contact their elect officials to tell them about their position. Todays republicans do this, but independents and democrates usually don't. Take up arms on issues you believe are important!
Start with google and find your officials in Washington DC. Also, go to eff.org or a similar group where you can look up what they're doing in your state house and senate. Try to google your representatives and find the email or snail-mail addresses.
After finding the representatives' contact info, you can probably also find a web site dedicated to the bills currently before them.
Eff.org often has form letters you can simply add your name and email address to and easily send to your elected officials.
But don't hassle your representatives with repeatedly sending the same message... That only takes away from your credibility.
>around. Will we all watch the constitution erode
>away at the corptacrosy of the 'New America'? We
>will we let the corporations continue to take OUR
>governemnt away from us?
Don't let the government hear you say that. They'll label you a domestic terrorist conspirator or something and throw you in jail for the rest of your life...
But, at the risk of being labeled unamerican myself, I agree, and I'd like to see a lot of thing go back to what the founding fathers intended. Copyrights were limited-time back then, and they had reasons for that. Patents were to protect the small inventor, not the gargantuous corporate conglomerate, and they were not intended to prevent progress like they do today. Government wasn't meant to meddle in every detail of our everyday lives, it was to protect us from would-be conquerers and local crime, not to tell us the right and wrong ways to raise our kids or to protect obsolete business models from obsolescence (RIAA and cds!) when better ways of doing the same thing have appearred and consumers obviously prefer it (legal mp3 purchases via internet). Nor was the government intended to scare its citizens and treat them like Orwell's vision might, and it does feel like we're quickly going in that direction.
I wish we'd had a better democtrat candidate last time. If we did, I think it'd have been different. For those who are registered republican, I hope you all consider to end the Bush family dynasty and get someone with different way of doing things on the ballot next time around. People, whatever you do, vote for the guy that will do the least selling us out.
Why do we persist in electing and re-electing these crooked airheads to run the government? And think about it: we have too many laws on the books as it is, so why do we keep electing (hiring) lawyers to legislate new ones? We need people who will work hard to reduce the volume of laws (thus the expense of enforcing them). Eliminating laws is not in the nature of lawyers. We need to elect more dentists.
There is no distinguishable difference between the majority of the Democrats and the majority of the Republicans.
They are all Liberals who only desire to enlarge the power and authority of the State. They aspire to be viewed as the 21st Century versions of Lenin and Marx.
Remember, if you pass a huge number of laws then you can better control the people because when you have that many laws, someone will always be in violation of at least one so you always have cause to arrest anyone.
>illicit businesses are used, "quite frankly, to
>fund terrorism activities."
Can we do anything anymore without bringing up terrorism? Sorry, but that made me laugh. All them college kids downloading mp3s or TV shows for free can't be helping the bad guys that much, can they? Where's the money coming FROM in that, as the evil downloaders are doing so "for free", or so the numerous RIAA lawsuits are alledging.
So you know Bush really wants it when get says the boogey man is gonna get you!
Citizens need to organize and lobby the government just like these corporations do, maybe then we will get some laws that actually protect the public interest.
Once again the US Congress has proved it will sell out to the highest bidder. Maybe if we all clubbed together we could buy our own counter congressmen.
So if they get their way, kids who copy movies will be going to prison longer than child molesters and rapists. Ofcourse once there, they will be taught a proper trade, such as armed robbery, murder and all sorts of interesting things we'd be happy for the future of our country to participate in - so long as it isn't breaking the copy protection of a DVD or CD.
I didn't used to have much sympathy for thieves who steal music, movies and video games - but I've changed my mind. At least they're honest in their own way, unlike our Congress, that at the moment is simultaneously pretending to change it's "for sale" ways, and selling out to the highest bidder at the same time.
See, e.g., ipaction.org, "a nonpartisan group dedicated to preserving individual freedom through balanced information policy." They're a PAC that voices most of what's been said on this board.
Also, give your money and time to the two key nonprofits on this issue. See:
publicknowledge.org
eff.org
Become a member. Even $50 or less is very much appreciated. They sit at the table with the RIAA goons and can use all the staff they can hire.
Finally, your Rep isn't reading this board. But s/he DOES read (indirectly) your mail and phone messages.
Worry no-more yours has been forgotten. It's the Devil inside all of us, better billboard reviews; keep things simple, even at $3-$4 a gallon.
Cased my skidplate on the old Beta bike.
If you study what government is actually trying to do, which is to create a one world govt., then you can see it. China has recently been added to the map. China is noted for the nortorious spam it sends out. It is also the leader in encryption.
America is noted for being the consumer of technology. This is where our elite people come in.
India is noted for the development of software and is what they do best.
Who else do you know that is noted for one thing or another?
Bush is down to 29% in his ratings. Google for skull and bones, and the CBS online 60 minutes story of skull and bones. This will show you how he thinks. Another thing to see is the video Loose Change.
As you become aware of things the govt. is trying to do, you will realize that they are trying to create a one world govt.
If this is successful, then what kind of law will we have?
George Bush senior has clip about what it is and states in it that "We will be successful"
There is much more info on my website. You can find that here: <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://Eskiegirl302.googlepages.com/" target="_newWindow">http://Eskiegirl302.googlepages.com/</a>
Wake up people! There is now a national ID card that some people in certain professions must have in order to cross borders.
There is also a chip which is being implanted in peoples hands for scanning. These chips have all your information on them. They say that in the future, if you do not have your chip implanted, you will not be able to trade goods, or make any money.
So this bill may just be some type of ploy to divert your attn. as to just what really is happening. Be aware of what your govt. is really doing. Find info on the Bilderberg. Visit political chat and pay attn. to what neighboring people in other countries are saying. You will begin to put the puzzle together.
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202-225-8628 Lamar Smith
202-225-5101 James Sensenbrenner
Have you called YOUR representative? Find their phone number:
<a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.house.gov/" target="_newWindow">http://www.house.gov/</a>
And please remember to be POLITE when expressing your position! You can be sure the RIAA/MPAA lobbyists are well-mannered when they speak to staff at congressmen's offices.
I'm a Republican that is ashamed of his party for trying to toady up to scum like the RIAA. I'd vote Democrat, but they gave us the NET act, so both parties are guilty.
if you make penalties for piracy really really harsh, then duh: only people with the resources to hide a criminal enterprise will attempt to jump into the market; so it's a self-fulfilling prophecy created in part by the penalties themselves.
but really, this is aimed at people downloading illegally...people who are not making money for anybody (remember that argument?) this is like how anti-hacking laws seem to implicitly charge you with everything you *might* do by treating the act of hopping on open WIFIs as a sure bet that you are downloading illegal stuff and conducting espionage against the government.
We will see intellectual property laws come back to bite the the very people lobbying to have them be this strict. Just imagine the bill's own authors losing their houses because of their teenage children, getting extorted by hordes of patent trolls, or IP auditors getting you every time you work around bugs and licensing induced problems, or the hidden costs of making sure that nobody at the company *ever* violates IP rules under any circumstances.
the point is to bring down IP violations to a level where the economy on the whole remains healthy. 0% piracy at the cost of lots of IP prisoners and a small number of companies holding all the cards would not in the end resemble capitalism or a free market. BigCompanies/BigGovernment is where it leads.
>administration for most vacuous intellect.
In a word: yes. Can we start impeachment now please?
Bush will link ANYTHING to terrorism if he thinks it will give him soem form of leverage.
Comrade Bush IS the lie, and sad for us, WE have to deal with this MORON on a daily basis.
May he die of heart failure!
When this dictator dies, the nation shall once again be free!
Laws 'he' created will be removed, politicians will lose their jobs and the government WILL be downsized to PRE WWII size, AND it will no longer serve its own agenda, but wil be forced to serve US ONLY from that point forward!
It's REVOLUTION TIME FOLKS!!!
Time to REBUILD this nation the way WE WANT IT!!
Bush will link ANYTHING to terrorism if he thinks it will give him soem form of leverage.
Comrade Bush IS the lie, and sad for us, WE have to deal with this MORON on a daily basis.
May he die of heart failure!
When this dictator dies, the nation shall once again be free!
Laws 'he' created will be removed, politicians will lose their jobs and the government WILL be downsized to PRE WWII size, AND it will no longer serve its own agenda, but wil be forced to serve US ONLY from that point forward!
It's REVOLUTION TIME FOLKS!!!
Time to REBUILD this nation the way WE WANT IT!!
Bush will link ANYTHING to terrorism if he thinks it will give him some form of leverage.
Comrade Bush IS the lie, and sad for us, WE have to deal with this MORON on a daily basis.
May he die of heart failure!
When this dictator dies, the nation shall once again be free!
Laws 'he' created will be removed, politicians will lose their jobs and the government WILL be downsized to PRE WWII size, AND it will no longer serve its own agenda, but wil be forced to serve US ONLY from that point forward!
It's REVOLUTION TIME FOLKS!!!
Time to REBUILD this nation the way WE WANT IT!!
Bush will link ANYTHING to terrorism if he thinks it will give him some form of leverage.
Comrade Bush IS the lie, and sad for us, WE have to deal with this MORON on a daily basis.
May he die of heart failure!
When this dictator dies, the nation shall once again be free!
Laws 'he' created will be removed, politicians will lose their jobs and the government WILL be downsized to PRE WWII size, AND it will no longer serve its own agenda, but wil be forced to serve US ONLY from that point forward!
It's REVOLUTION TIME FOLKS!!!
Time to REBUILD this nation the way WE WANT IT!!
terrorism. Liquid assets could be given away to
anyone. Let's face it, most of the money that
does go to support terrorist causes comes from
legally gotten funds later funneled to the
cause. While crime may make some percentage of
the funding, it's widely believed that it's
legitimate businesses and individuals are the
principle sources of funding.
No, the "funding terrorism" statement is a red
herring. It's simply an easy way to justify
something not otherwise justifiable at the
expense of the electorate.
We must send a strong message election day.
There is no distinguishable difference between the majority of the Democrats and the majority of the Republicans.
They are all Liberals who only desire to enlarge the power and authority of the State. They aspire to be viewed as the 21st Century versions of Lenin and Marx.
Remember, if you pass a huge number of laws then you can better control the people because when you have that many laws, someone will always be in violation of at least one so you always have cause to arrest anyone.