Comments on: Democrats: Colleges must police copyright, or else

Top congressional Democrats put pressure on colleges and universities to stamp out peer-to-peer piracy or lose financial aid for all their students.

[CBWolf]

Lobbying at its worst

This is political lobbying at its worst. If you live in these Senators'
districts, call them now, and rethink your vote.

[rorybaust]

Who elected the RIAA

Correct me if I am wrong , but I did not see the RIAA elected to government in your country, so who are they to dictate spending grants to the colleges.

It would appear that big business run (down) the USA.

Its about time that the profit imperative/ motive gives way to common sense, like the colleges say they represent only a small % of the p2p community

[umbrae]

Corporations have been running this govt for years....

Almost every decision made over the last decade was made to appease big corp, and reducing our rights and liberties all along the way. Even today support for govt decisions are low, but they still do the same thing.

I wonder why people keep voting for the same people over and over... oh yeah, hackable electronic voting machines.

[Ryan83189]

This obviously discriminates based on age and ocupation

it discriminates based occupation (student) and age (18-22). This is illegal in ordinances and it should be in law as well.

[mw13068]

Here's what YOU can do to fight this:

Call the members of the house Education and Labor committee and voice your opposition!

The vote is on Wednesday morning. This is your chance to make a difference.

House Committee for Education and Labor
Name State Phone

Jason Altmire D PA 4 202.225.2565
Robert Andrews D NJ 1 202.225.6501
Judy Biggert R IL 13 202.225.3515
Rob Bishop R UT 1 202.225.0453
Charles Boustany R LA 7 202.225.2031
Michael Castle R DE 202.225.4165
Yvette Clarke D NY 11 202.225.6231
Joseph Courtney D CT 2 202.225.2076
Susan Davis D CA 53 202.225.2040
David Davis R TN 1 202.225.6356
Vernon Ehlers R MI 3 202.225.3831
Luis Fortuno R PR 202.225.2615
Virginia Foxx R NC 5 202.225.2071
Raul Grijalva D AZ 7 202.225.2435
Phil Hare D IL 17 202.225.5905
Ruben Hinojosa D TX 15 202.225.2531
Mazie Hirono D HI 2 202.225.4906
Peter Hoekstra R MI 2 202.225.4401
Rush Holt D NJ 12 202.225.5801
Bob Inglis R SC 4 202.225.6030
Ric Keller R FL 8 202.225.2176
Dale Kildee D MI 5 202.225.3611
John Kline R MN 2 202.225.2271
Dennis Kucinich D OH 10 202.225.5871
Randy Kuhl R NY 29 202.225.3161
Dave Loebsack D IA 2 202.225.6576
Kenny Marchant R TX 24 202.225.6605
Carolyn McCarthy D NY 4 202.225.5516
Howard McKeon R CA 25 202.225.1956
Cathy McMorris Rodgers R WA 5 202.225.2006
George Miller D CA 7 202.225.2095
Donald Payne D NJ 10 202.225.3436
Thomas Petri R WI 6 202.225.2476
Todd Platts R PA 19 202.225.5836
Tom Price R GA 6 202.225.4501
Linda Sanchez D CA 39 202.225.6676
John Sarbanes D MD 3 202.225.4016
Bobby Scott D VA 3 202.225.8351
Joe Sestak D PA 7 202.225.2011
Carol Shea-Porter D NH 1 202.225.5456
Mark Souder R IN 3 202.225.4436
John Tierney D MA 6 202.225.8020
Tim Walberg R MI 7 202.225.6276
Joe Wilson R SC 2 202.225.2452
Lynn Woolsey D CA 6 202.225.5161
David Wu D OR 1 202.225.0855
John Yarmuth D KY 3 202.225.5401

[gurfrip]

The biggest Intellectual Propery Criminals go unpunished

Dear Public:

While the US Government seeks to fine individuals trading MP3 [a wholly correct measure] the United States Federal Government is for the large part ignoring an Organized Intellectual Property Theft Ring destroying the Intellectual Property foundation of modern American Captialism. [An Organized Crime]

I say that it is not the job for the Universities to Enforce Punishment and Deterents to Intellectual Propery Crimes but that the United States Federal Government needs to significantly [enhance enforcement for *ORGANIZED CYBER CRIMES*], and

they can start with Google, Inc.

Please read this important release (that will not otherwise be published):

Dear MSN Investor:

You would be doing a public service to begin to indicate to Intellectual Property community of Inventors, Programmers, Artists and other Creative Professionals the implications of CEO and Founding Principals involved in [http://the Google, Inc. Intellectual Property Theft Ring|http://the Google, Inc. Intellectual Property Theft Ring].

Stealing from others in not a way to induce share price to increase equity compensation as is the practice of Google, Inc. senior management including Founders Brin and Page. [http://the Google, Inc. Intellectual Property Theft Ring|http://the Google, Inc. Intellectual Property Theft Ring] is now the subject of an infringment lawsuit on their core system by Vinson & Elkins - It appears Dr Brin and Dr. Page 'borrowed' a large [or all] of the system on which Google, Inc. is based. Further that this practice of ("taking without paying, a common RUSSIAN MOB PRACTICE") has become the principal practice behind all of Google, Inc.'s public successes.

I need not remind I am the creator of You Tube, the Gurfrip patent (respected by microsoft infringed on recently by Yahoo widget and iGoogle, inc.) My case has been in the US Justice Department and has been rulled back to lower court by the US Supreme Court.

It is high time the public be duly *WARNED* about Google, Inc.'s misdeeds regarding Intellectual Property Rights and the *organized taking of Intellectual Property Rights* by [http://the Google, Inc. Intellectual Property Theft Ring|http://the Google, Inc. Intellectual Property Theft Ring].

Dr.'s Brin & Page would be well advised to discontinue their ethically ungrounded practices before they damage the entire American System of Intellectual Property Rights through their organized system for theft and conversion of the rights of others to increase their founding principal's and CEO's Compensation (stock sales are well documented).

To leave the public unwarned to these practices is inappropriate at this time.

*a good ant*

Best regards,

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jimmy/JAMES - genius
Internet Tycoon

James Reginald Harris, Jr., Inventor & CEO
GURFRIP SystemZ
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Contract:
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[gurfrip]

typo correction

Stealing from others [IS] not a way [http://...|http://...]

God help our country and our system of wealth creation when the government begins to look the other way, no ones property will be safe.

None of it.

[Arbalest05]

This story is a bit of a HOAX

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: http://edlabor.house.gov/publications/20071109COAASummary.pdf

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: [e-mail]

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.

[Mr. Shoeless]

It Gets Worse

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.

[jmmailin]

blatant payoff to entertainment industry

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.

[alxnsc]

Human kind has already experienced this

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.

[capnlouie]

Democrats:-Colleges-must-police-copyright,-or-else

Please stay out of politics. I'm looking for technical advice. If I need this kind of garbage, I can go to the NYT on line.

[thepoliticaltheorist]

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:

http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2007/11/27/govtActsOnFileSharing

[Renegade Knight]

I Propose Another Law

The MPAA and RIAA both need to provide citizens with legal and free alternates to piracy.