April 30, 2004 10:20 AM PDT
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.
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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
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