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Lysander

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DMCA2! Five times more Orwellian than DMCA1!
« on: April 24, 2006, 08:24:11 am »
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6064016.html?part=rss&tag=6064016&subj=news

Yay! Attempting to break copyright infringement or owning a device that breaks copyright infringement is punishable by up to 10 years in jail! All in teh good name of fighting terrorism! Gosh, I feel so secure. Hey, you haven't managed to catch Osama Bin Laden or stop a single act of terrorism from hitting hte United States, but you're sure cracking down hard on those evil terrorist filesharers! Tell me, Gonzales, how exactly does downloading a copy of Winamp constitute funding terrorism?

KM

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Re: DMCA2! Five times more Orwellian than DMCA1!
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2006, 01:36:59 pm »
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Amends existing law to permit criminal enforcement of copyright violations even if the work was not registered with the U.S. Copyright Office.

love to see them try and prosecute someone for copyright infringement for something that isn't registered as copyright... lol

Lysander

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Re: DMCA2! Five times more Orwellian than DMCA1!
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2006, 09:12:59 pm »
See, I saw that, and it occurred to me to wonder just exactly how that would be enforced, as in, who would have the legal authority to go after someone. Usually it had to be the record company of the artist who did it. Now that they're making it a federal crime, the government can do it instead. THis is actually a lot worse, as now one entity is able to enforce every aspect of this law for anything they choose.

KM

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Re: DMCA2! Five times more Orwellian than DMCA1!
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2006, 12:25:21 am »
* KM waits for someone to try and prosecute him for distributing his own software

i doubt it'll actually have any effect on anything at all :-P

2SWEET420

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Re: DMCA2! Five times more Orwellian than DMCA1!
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2006, 07:28:30 am »
See, I saw that, and it occurred to me to wonder just exactly how that would be enforced, as in, who would have the legal authority to go after someone. Usually it had to be the record company of the artist who did it. Now that they're making it a federal crime, the government can do it instead. THis is actually a lot worse, as now one entity is able to enforce every aspect of this law for anything they choose.

i could think of a few agencies capabale of enforcing this.
and they are all branches of the treasury.
as an uncle of mine from georgia once or twice said.
   "yes boys and girls get your shotguns and hickery sticks.
cause them revenuers are comin."

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