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Title: OT- Think About Violating a Copyright, Do Time
Post by: GHammer on May 18, 2007, 11:39:51 am
I have quite enjoyed the theater of the absurd from a safe distance.
It's troubling though now that I will return in a month:

http://tinyurl.com/yu3wdd (http://tinyurl.com/yu3wdd)

What ARE people thinking of anyway?
Title: Re: OT- Think About Violating a Copyright, Do Time
Post by: glynor on May 18, 2007, 01:09:57 pm
It ain't just here across the pond (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070518-user-generated-subtitles-lead-to-polish-german-police-raids.html) (for GHammer the bigger pond, but still)...

It makes me want to throw up sometimes, really...  Makes me think of a song, actually, so I'll commit my own little copyright violation make fair use of the lyrics to illustrate the point...

Quote
But greed is a bottomless pit
And our freedom's a joke, we're just taking a piss
And the whole world must watch the sad comic display
If you're still free, start running away

Because we're coming for you!

-Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes)
Landlocked Blues

Title: Re: OT- Think About Violating a Copyright, Do Time
Post by: hit_ny on May 18, 2007, 01:14:08 pm
This was on /. (http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/15/1224216) recently

i found this (http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=234777&cid=19129599) post interesting.

Many bills get introduced only never to be seen again.
Title: Re: OT- Think About Violating a Copyright, Do Time
Post by: GHammer on May 18, 2007, 09:32:33 pm
Oh, I agree that everything does not turn into law. Thank God.
But, this is not a whimsical bill from some obscure hack.
It is being sent up by the Justice Dept with the full weight of Administration and key lawmakers behind it.

People thought the DCMA was a joke too.

Right until the first prosecutions and lawsuits under it.
Title: Re: OT- Think About Violating a Copyright, Do Time
Post by: hit_ny on May 19, 2007, 01:18:30 am
People thought the DCMA was a joke too.

Right until the first prosecutions and lawsuits under it.
Clinton signed that one.

How long does it take for a bill to become law ?