Comments on: House panel deletes part of music industry-backed copyright bill

Vote seems designed to avoid having the PRO IP Act become enmeshed in so much controversy that it never becomes law, which has happened with some similar bills.

[rhsc]

so basically

they cut off the tip of the skunk's tail but left the rest of the skunk.

I say that on top of the separation of church and state we currently allege to have, we should start demanding the separation of entertainment industry and state as well

[russkeller]

Far more Dispicable than I imagined.

"(At least one defendant in a peer-to-peer lawsuit brought by the Recording Industry Association of America was sued because someone else was using their Wi-Fi access point.)"

Whoa whoa whoa whoa. I thought they were stretching it a bit going after moms and kids now they're actually going after people who effectivly got hacked? Umm... WOW!!!! I belive they are a right to protect thier property but now... I think the entertainers really should do whatever they can to leave these scumbag's high and dry and break all ties.

[i_am_ragnorok]

The RIAA moves us one more baby step towards a police state...

...but at least Congress (this time) appears to be averting the giant leap, and it's not a law ... so far. There is yet hope! If the music industry cannot accept change, then it needs to die, to allow for a replacement that can.

[georgiarat]

Democrats & Republicans = little difference

We vote to turn Congress over to the Democrats to stop Bush and
the Republican efforts and we get Democrats who are doing the
same but just in a different area.

We need a citizen Congress again and not professional politicians.

[oldguytoo]

baby step

What venom - to suggest the music industry "needs to die" when computer users cannot get their music for free.

[Dalkorian]

They should just drop the whole thing

It's based on proven lies (44% of piracy comes from universities ...
uh, did we say 44%? We meant 14%), so why continue? Leave the
RIAA/MPAA to rot like they deserve.

[mbmpdx]

Thank you Zoe ...

At least one person has a clue that someone could hijack even a *secured* WiFi home network . It would be nice if all the folks voting on these laws were required to have at least a minimal level of technological savvy. Any one of us could be sued for millions in a situation where we did nothing wrong, plus loose our computers, livelihood and possibly freedom -- and there are no provisions to EVEN THINK that this might have happened without the accused knowing?!!! "Police State" (as mentioned in another post) is a total understatement. What a total embarrassment.