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Doggone it, I'm tired of all these "czars" being appointed. It's about time we started showin' a little love to the pharaohs out there! I mean, think about it. Copyright Pharaoh. Has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

I'm sorry, but aren't there far more important things for the House to focus on than the wishes of a special interest group which does NOT have the greater common good in mind? I think we could find a better use for the money that's proposed to be spent on this ***** (like health care, education, etc).

Why do I get the feeling that this latest bill will be hugely expensive to put into practice and show little to no reward for the money spent.

More legislation seldom works, ( the war on drugs ). I hope this is where alternative licensing models will come in handy. Maybe more open source structures similar to Copyleft or Creative Commons will rescue this world of pirates from the RIAA / MPAA's lobbyists. This makes criminals out of allot of otherwise law abiding citizens.

I want to bury this because its so depressing I just want it to go away... ;(

Hey look! The government is going to get larger again!

How come the bloody thing never gets any smaller?

Oh that's not good...

Goddamnit. Stop wasting my tax dollars. Now I'm going to have to actually buy music AND pay my taxes. There goes my paycheck.

brb, downloading a few movies.

the only way to prevent this is to organize/support a lobby to counter them. That is currently the only way to effect real change among a group of amoral parasites who crave power. Threaten their power.

To Canada, Awayyyyy!

Oh wait. I'm already here. I've got an extra bedroom. Any takers?

Wait a second is this Bush and Co. or the Democratically controlled House that is pushing this. Is this why Obama visited Pelosi on the house floor today?

"There is also some doubt as to whether President Bush would sign it in its current form"

I guess he might be good for something after all...

United States to declare a new war: War on Piracy. I'm confident it will be as trailblazingly successful as the War on Drugs and the War on Terr-ism.

*insert obligatory "***** THE MPAA" comment*

The bill passed 408-11. The 11 politicians with a spine in congress are:

Rep. Frederick Boucher [D, VA-9]
Rep. John Doolittle [R, CA-4]
Rep. John Duncan [R, TN-2]
Rep. Jeff Flake [R, AZ-6]
Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D, WI-4]
Rep. Ronald Paul [R, TX-14]
Rep. Ted Poe [R, TX-2]
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R, GA-3]
Rep. Donald Young [R, AK-0]

Make sure you show them some love this fall.

*****.

wow. so basically it'll be like: dowload a song, smoke some sweet green... then get a bit more rebellious, download a movie and smoke some more. had a good time? good, now pack your bags and wait for the knock on the door. your new "employer" will be the state and you'll be wearing orange. they're glad to have you, your reputation precedes you. could that be a possible scenario? well, land of the free my ass! :X :(

This is similar to debtor's prison. There's a reason we don't do that kind of crap here.

Go Democrat Majority, Go!!

have we not learned anything from the war on drugs. The title Czar means nothing.

Heil, my supreme ruler of copyright enforcement

also:
I hope whoever becomes czar gets to write Czar __ __ on things and tells everyone to call him Czar

God damnit. Copyright infringement is wrong. No question there. But it is not the federal governments job to deal with crime and theft. Its their role to represent us internationally, provide a common defense, and mediate between the different states. Read the damn constitution, there is a VERY good reason that the federal government isn't suppose to have police enforcement powers.

Diggers, this is an important bill. And it is not in the interest of the American citizen. Write your Senators and tell them not to vote for this bill. In an age of ever increasing collusion between large, rich private institutions and our federal government, we don't need another bill that can take more away from the average American. Nor do we need a dedicated agency hunting art-pirates down and further overloading the justice system.

We are the people that work for a living. The MPAA and RIAA are not lead by real people. They sit on mounds of papers that legally entitle them to money for I.P. they did not create. The men pushing for this bill (and others like it) aren't artists or content creators. They are suits and attorneys that try and figure out how to make themselves more money they don't need... more of the meager salary you and I make. Meanwhile, I'm trying to find ways to pay back my student loans and other bills. I can't buy their movies and music as much as I like, because they've priced me out of the market. How many of you have to conserve your media purchases because they think $20 is good for a CD or a movie? Something it only cost them spare change 'to create.'

I'm rambling, but this is wrong. Don't fine people hundreds of dollars for pirated music. The price of music and movies is so absurdly high, they might as well consider it a fine already.

Name Shame and BOYCOTT the lobby groups behind anti-consumer.

The BPI Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.

The RIAA Soundexchange Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.

The IFPI Are: The same anti consumer lot as listed above!

The MPAA Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX.

taxes dollars being wasted yet again

So much for being a democracy where the majority are supposed to win....

The people would vote against this yet the stupid companies out there that push this Bill are paying these idiots that we elected to vote their way. I hate politics.

As I write this, 1 out of every 100 Americans is in prison.

...let's see if we can make it 1 in 50! GO INSANE IP LAWS!

H.R. 4279: Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2007- http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110 ...
Check out the "cost per" drop down in the center of the page- http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_4 ...

Please let President Bush veto this. He's our only hope!

Oh, *****.

We're already tried as murderers for crimes less damaging than petty theft. Jesus H Christ.

They will come into our homes and take our computers and send us to jail and say we are criminals. Are we really going to let this happen?

What is happening to my country? T_T

Does the house of reps speak for the enitre planet?!. No. At this moment in time the internet is a global property and doesnt belong to any one nation and the idea that the house of reps can prosecute someone in Japan for downloading a movie from Sweden is a non starter, and if thats the case then the US legal experts are senile. To me this seems to be ANOTHER attempt to impose some sort of censorship on the internet. The house of reps are clowns.

***** YOU: ALL THE REPS THAT VOTED 'YEA' ON PRO-IP

-The Internet

We will win, I promise.

Anyone else suspect this might be more about controlling the internet than it is about copyright? The federal government's zeal for this kind of legislation is kind of out of proportion to the amount of lobbyist money they stand to receive.

I'm not too concerned, the House passes damn near everything that comes across the floor.

"It is a comprehensive, bipartisan measure that will strengthen our nation's economy and generate more jobs for American workers by bolstering protections for intellectual property"

Yeah, because the movie and music industry is such a HUGE part of the American economy....

Gaming owns you both....

I have a cruel streak and want to see this and all their other plans enacted.

Seriously, ISP's attempt to filter everything, Internet slows down, Amazon, EBay, ITunes, all start to be crippled.
Then they start kicking people off the net, in their tens, hundreds, thousands, hundreds of thousands.
ISP's start to fold as they go from thousands of customers to tens.

Basically my cruel side would like to see the RIAA and the MPAA get what they want, and then prove them wrong.
Sales still tank, and they ***** the Internet as well.

Of course this couldn't happen.

Could it?

Why does this statement apply to so many digg Posts?
"Don't Blame Me, I Voted For RON PAUL"
Oh well, the masses have spoken.

-->this is a good thing.. someone infringes my copyright and the police can seize their assets.. lots of musicians have had there songs stolen by record companies.. let the litigation begin! Hand over the assets RIAA.. do these morons realise the same law will apply to them too? Common abuse my creative common license.. do it!

Thank God we got those Democrats into office so they can pursue the pressing issues that face us as a nation!

Dare I ask,... what will they think of next

Oh well, us pirates will just adapt. With the onset of WiMax (and pirating thereof) and more powerful means of home/office WiFi technology (specifically N) pirates will make the move to pirating from nearby WiFi hotspots. The US government has more things to worry about than people illegally downloading music and movies.

Politicians are truly the dumbest group of people in any given country. They should really limit how many of them can gather in one place at any given time. The more there are in one place the stupider they get.

Ah America, land of the free.

what the hell is Conyers doing behind such a fascist ***** bill? he used to be progressive. I eagerly await the day when an RIAA/MPAA lawyer is publicly beaten, or worse; they want to be bullies, they can eat their own ***** *****. Whoever their lobbyists are, I hope they are the victims of savage acts. Soon.

more reasons for the government to put people in jail

This is all thanks to Corporate Personhood, which was granted in the 1800s so corporations could make campaign donations. Many politicians of the time saw the writing on the wall and warned against it. Of course, no one listened and today we have ***** like this.

We do not need more federal government. WTF
http://koanmedia.com

Kucinich and Paul are just so crazy, right? Riiight.