Sen Orion Hatch to File Sharers: All your base belong to us.

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » June 19, 2004, 5:28 pm

http://news.com.com/Antipiracy+bill+tar ... ws.1028.20

What's new:
A bill called the Induce Act is scheduled to come before the Senate sometime next week. If passed, it would make whoever "aids, abets, induces (or) counsels" copyright violations liable for those violations.
Bottom line:
If passed, the bill could dramatically reshape copyright law by prohibiting file-trading networks and some consumer electronics devices on the grounds that they could be used for unlawful purposes.

Krimson Klaw · Post by **Krimson Klaw** » June 19, 2004, 5:49 pm

Holy crap. DVD-RW's and mp3 players banned in the states? Bush must not own a computer or this would never see daylight.

Niffoni · Post by **Niffoni** » June 19, 2004, 5:59 pm

Krimson Klaw wrote:Holy crap. DVD-RW's and mp3 players banned in the states? Bush must not own a computer or this would never see daylight.

Not so, he spends endless hours amused by the screen-saver. If only he could figure out how that ball keeps bouncing!

It's a reasonable law, but the technology has sprinted so far ahead of the law that there would be enormous backlash from people who bought computers, burners, and players specifically for this purpose. It'll never fly in its current form.

Kylere · Post by **Kylere** » June 19, 2004, 6:04 pm

Thanks RIAA!!!!

Fucking bullshit

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » June 19, 2004, 6:25 pm

orrin hatch has been whoring his political clout around to major IP companies like RIAA and movie studios for years now. this is only another one of his hair-brained schemes. the man is quite literally for sale to anyone.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » June 19, 2004, 7:33 pm

This embiggens my nervis.

Akanae · Post by **Akanae** » June 19, 2004, 8:48 pm

The funny thing about Orrin Hatch is that after one of his "crusades" a while back, hackers found some pirated software on his website.

Utah residents, just say no to Orrin Hatch in 2006!

Mplor · Post by **Mplor** » June 19, 2004, 8:55 pm

Utah residents do what they're told. Which is why they make great Republicans.

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » June 19, 2004, 10:51 pm

I'm suprised no broadband companies are getting furious. This could really hurt the voting totals for republicans too. I can see the headlines now.

Republican thinks that imcriminating 60 million amercians isnt enough!

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » June 19, 2004, 10:57 pm

he's a republican. he'd imprison half the country if there was half a dollar in it for him.

Cartalas · Post by **Cartalas** » June 19, 2004, 11:16 pm

kyoukan wrote:he's a republican. he'd imprison half the country if there was half a dollar in it for him.

You dont live here so your opinion means nothing.

Akanae · Post by **Akanae** » June 20, 2004, 12:55 am

Mplor wrote:Utah residents do what they're told. Which is why they make great Republicans.

I live in Utah, and I do as I please.

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » June 20, 2004, 3:44 am

Hail a_server_in_Ungabunga00

Mplor · Post by **Mplor** » June 20, 2004, 6:14 am

Akanae wrote:
Mplor wrote:Utah residents do what they're told. Which is why they make great Republicans.
I live in Utah, and I do as I please.

Ah, if you are a free-thinking Utahn then you will probably understand and forgive my over-generalizations about and perhaps my disdain for Utah's homogeneity of culture and thought.

Mippy, formerly a SLC punk.

Forthe · Post by **Forthe** » June 20, 2004, 7:47 pm

VoIP also being attacked using the usual terrorism\911 arguments. With open source software enabling easy private VoIP network creation I think those arguments are bullshit. Putting back doors into commercial networks isn't going to do much when terrorists can just setup their own network with no backdoors.

And why would a republican want to tax VoIP to subsidize analog phone service for rural and low income familes? Isn't that like un-republican?

http://www.americasnetwork.com/americas ... p?id=99427