First, this is just proposed legislation. It hasn't even been looked at by the entire committee and it has no HR number. That means that it is just someone's idea, it's not even close to being a law. Second, it is likely that the chairman of the committee doesn't even know that some staffer has inserted the offending material.
This is what the authors *think* this legislation will do: <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://edlabor.house.gov/publications/20071109COAASummary.pdf" target="_newWindow">http://edlabor.house.gov/publications/20071109COAASummary.pdf</a>
If you want to let Congressman Miller know that you don't want MPAA and RIAA written wording in the final legislation, don't just sit there, send him an email. Here's his address: George.Miller@mail.house.gov
By the way, the phrase "technology-based deterrents to prevent such illegal activity", doesn't seem to appear in the text of the proposed bill - or course, it could be that Adobe reader's search function isn't working on my computer.
This bill will also create an advisory commission for creating "instructional materials in postsecondary education for students with disabilities". This commission will include "Attorneys with expertise in copyright law." (page 501 lines 9 and 10).
Why are copyright lawyers on a commission for disabled students? Because this gives that lobby even more ability to usurp the power of government for their own narrow interests.
The RIAA and MPAA are reaching their tentacles farther and farther into government every day.
Just when I thought it was safe to assume the Republicans were the only corporate shills comes this blatant payoff to the entertainment industry. This is what celebrity endorsements and millions of dollars in contributions to Democratic coffers will buy - at the expense of our educational institutions, students everywhere, and taxpayers at large. It reaks so bad of payola that I would've thought only the Republicans would have been shameless enough to put this forth.
Obviously, a collective punishment system (punish all because of the faults of some) is reinstalled. This system has been practiced by ancient Rome dictators, by fascist and nazi regimes and by all the occupational armies worldwide. The good old news follows: as there is no Roman empire and no third reich anymore, the end of the the reinstalled regime is historically guaranteed so pending. Stay High, Mankind! Opose as ever.
Kamil Dada at Stanford University quizzes the MPAA
Have a look at this article in which Kamil Dada at Stanford University probes the MPAA for more information about their decision to promote the bill and what the academic world's response to it has been. It is one of the more in depth articles about the proposed bill:
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Second, it is likely that the chairman of the committee doesn't even know that some staffer has inserted the offending material.
This is what the authors *think* this legislation will do: <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://edlabor.house.gov/publications/20071109COAASummary.pdf" target="_newWindow">http://edlabor.house.gov/publications/20071109COAASummary.pdf</a>
If you want to let Congressman Miller know that you don't want MPAA and RIAA written wording in the final legislation, don't just sit there, send him an email. Here's his address: George.Miller@mail.house.gov
By the way, the phrase "technology-based deterrents to prevent such illegal activity", doesn't seem to appear in the text of the proposed bill - or course, it could be that Adobe reader's search function isn't working on my computer.
Why are copyright lawyers on a commission for disabled students? Because this gives that lobby even more ability to usurp the power of government for their own narrow interests.
The RIAA and MPAA are reaching their tentacles farther and farther into government every day.
The good old news follows: as there is no Roman empire and no third reich anymore, the end of the the reinstalled regime is historically guaranteed so pending.
Stay High, Mankind! Opose as ever.
<a class="jive-link-external" href="http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2007/11/27/govtActsOnFileSharing" target="_newWindow">http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2007/11/27/govtActsOnFileSharing</a>