arstechnica.com — Patrick Leahy and Arlen Specter, who head the Senate Judiciary Committee, don't like what they're hearing about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). A new letter to ACTA negotiators "strongly urges" them not to include DRM or ISP filtering in the agreement.
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audomatixOct 4, 2008
god damn these f**king lobbyist.
sciraOct 4, 2008
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atomic1fireOct 4, 2008
No, Piracy only enforces the problemwe need to P.O.L.I.C.E the RIAApeople overseeing lawful intellectual copyright enforcement/don't you just love acronyms drawing out things?the problem is clearly that due to piracy and resistance to changemedia is inaccessible without some kind of restrictionencourage a move from distribution to advertising and preformance, and I think more money would be made, in the right pockets.
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blacksothOct 4, 2008
The idiots wanted someone who best represented them.What's better than an idiot to represent idiots?
obkenobiOct 5, 2008
Is this power grab a reason why Dick Cheney sent Leahy one of the Anthrax letters back in 2001?
ryusenOct 7, 2008
this is surprising cause wasn't Pat Leahy a huge backer of a lot of over the top anti-piracy stuff? i recall an old article that pointed out he and Sen Hatch got the most donations from Entertainment oriented sources...