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- burke, on 10/12/2007, -2/+99There is no emoticon that appropriately conveys my shock and horror.
- phpirate, on 10/12/2007, -3/+55This is getting more serious by the day... the US corperations are moving to shift the power of the internet to their benifit by making people pay for things they don't usually have to. ISPs are becoming worse and worse, and the future of the internet is looking grim.
I may not live in the US, but I know this effects me too. If they successfully take control of the internet, they could easily start censoring things they don't like, monopolizing certain things to suck money out of peoples pockets purely because they "own" it, and so on. - Saintlink, on 10/12/2007, -2/+54There was a day once that Republicanism actually ment Conservatism and only a strict following of the Constitution. Those days are long gone. Before starting to laud the Democrats though, look at who also voted for the Patriot Act, DCMA and other such un-Constitutional bills. Both parties are wrecked beyond repair. We need to vote 3rd party.
- Osjpr, on 10/12/2007, -12/+46"The draft legislation, created by the Bush administration and backed by Rep. Lamar Smith"
Says it all really. Americans who voted Republican are squarely to blame for being blind to the obvious. The Republican party wants total control and is removing freedoms from everyone. Why people vote Republican is interesting, yet sad. I bet half of them don't even know what the party really represents. - DDRSkata, on 10/12/2007, -5/+37Seig heil, Big Brother. Seig heil.
- dtfinch, on 10/12/2007, -2/+32Sad to say these sorts of bills get strong bipartisan support. The first DMCA was passed with almost unanimous support in both houses by both parties. Neither party is on our side, but we still pay taxes and live in fear of their incompetently devised laws that are always somehow misworded to make everyone a violator.
- newevilmind, on 10/12/2007, -2/+31it's funny how everything is "terrorism" with this administration.
"copyright infringement funds terrorism"
"marijuana funds terrorism"
wtf??? - scriptkiddie, on 10/12/2007, -5/+34Everything is they do is to prevent terrorism. Soon they are going to say network neutrality causes terrorism. They really think people are stupid. Sad to say many republicans are.
- Saintlink, on 10/12/2007, -2/+26---------------
During a speech in November, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales endorsed the idea and said at the time that he would send Congress draft legislation. Such changes are necessary because new technology is "encouraging large-scale criminal enterprises to get involved in intellectual-property theft," Gonzales said, adding that proceeds from the illicit businesses are used, "quite frankly, to fund terrorism activities."
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Can these people go one day without mentioning "terrorism"?
Dugg. Get the word out people. - OperatorNo9, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25QUESTION:
How is the US Government like Outback Steakhouse?
ANSWER:
No Rules. Just Right.
Right now, there is a high stakes game of poker going on between the US government, big business like the RIAA and MPAA, and the citizens of the US. What's the old saying? Look around the table; if you don't spot the mark, you're it. - kazsymonds, on 10/12/2007, -3/+26If this 10yr party ends i will just stop using it simple as, i will either use the internet over the office lan if its still free.
I will not pay for the internet because by making it not free anymore you change the very fabric of the internet itself and it will become something i dont want to be a part of. - GhostFreeman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23Terrorism is the root password to the Constitution, in case of failure, use "kiddie porn" or "communism"
- Saintlink, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22Don't pirate or purchase major label media. The only way you can send a message is to show that you don't want anything to do with them. Period.
- JulianMorrison, on 10/12/2007, -8/+29Republicans, my foot. The DMCA was a Clinton baby! Your problem goes far deeper than Republicans.
- Malakin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21The US seriously needs some government reform. Big business will run the country into the ground with their greed.
- pairanoyd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19Anyone notice the mention of WIRE TAPS for file sharing violations?
That's messed up.. - Cowboy5995, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20This must be Bush's plan to cut down on unemployment. What he is doing is making Canada look like a promise land and everyone moves there for free health care and semi legal file sharing. How could there be any un-employed people if there are none left in the country. It all makes sense now *Picks up phone* Get me agent Mulder now.
- burke, on 10/12/2007, -4/+21"The draft legislation, created by the Bush administration and backed by Rep. Lamar Smith, already enjoys the support of large copyright holders such as the Recording Industry Association of America."
Here's the part that really bothers me: That last part *should* be completely irrelevant. - hometoast, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18exactly, write your senators: ( http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm )
and you representatives: ( http://www.house.gov/writerep/ )
and VOTE. ***** VOTE! ( https://electionimpact.votenet.com/declareyourself/voterreg/index.cfm ) - jgstew, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16I just love how they always use fighting terrorism or kiddie porn to get a law put in place, but then once it is, they never use it for that purpose. I think as it is now, there is probably little money going to organized crime for copy right infringement since p2p would have put them out of business, but if this goes through, it could have the opposite effect they're hopeing for and bring back organized overseas copying, or atleast make it more significant
- ezway, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17From the article:
"...encouraging large-scale criminal enterprises to get involved in intellectual-property theft...to fund terrorism activities." -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales - abbott75, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17"Everything is they do is to prevent terrorism" or kiddie porn...
- bdk9246, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15 "During a speech in November, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales endorsed the idea and said at the time that he would send Congress draft legislation. Such changes are necessary because new technology is "encouraging large-scale criminal enterprises to get involved in intellectual-property theft," Gonzales said, adding that proceeds from the illicit businesses are used, "quite frankly, to fund terrorism activities."
i like leo laportes comment on Twit 51, cos bin laden has alcohol 120% is not afraid to use it.
can we see what that terrorist comment is based on?
does that seem to anyone else to be a cheep shot to get support from people that know nothing about what exactly these "criminal activites" are
this is ridiculous, good luck america - Saintlink, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15You kid yourself if you think the Democrats are any better. There are plenty of warhawks there as well, not to mention they have huge links to Big Media as well. Both major parties are bought out, stop jokin' around please! The minute we all come to this conclusion the sooner we can start rooting out both parties and their rotten members. (That would be about 99.999% of all incumbents).
- szelij, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Scary. So big brother is legally coming to the US then? Great! Well one thing is for certain, if this passes and people in the IT/tech industry no longer innovate enough to bring in new technologies, sooner or later, the onus will shift elsewhere, like the huge IT industry in India.
If you can't reverse-engineer something in the US, you certainly can do it in India. That said, Canada's awfully cold...but the Internet there is much better. - Sonic84, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14if America was a school yard the RIAA/MPAA would get beat up for this kind of crap. Back to reality, how can we fight?
- chicomdk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13I say we need write our congress men get the word out on this story
- Cerebral, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13The interesting thing to me is that the people this is most effecting is basically the younger generation... A lot of people I know (Younger Gen just like me) dislike both Republican and Democrat. There is not a problem with that however the problem is that probably I'd say that 90% of Republicans vote Republican NO MATTER WHAT! All this crap with all the BS laws makes me feel like I'm being treated like a kid again. The truth is that in order to stop this crap we need to get people to run who actually support things properly and get laws changed so that big businesses cannot run the country.
- Saintlink, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15Start buying guns right now. That will be the new currency?
- GhostFreeman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini
- dnaspydir, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Such changes are necessary because new technology is "encouraging large-scale criminal enterprises to get involved in intellectual-property theft," (criminal enterprises like the US Government perhaps?) Gonzales said, adding that proceeds from the illicit businesses are used, "quite frankly, to fund terrorism activities."
WOW!! you can almost smell the ***** in every word that comes out of his mouth... - Elohir, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12National Democracy 101: You get who you damn well vote for
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Wait, you got to vote on the Attorney General?
- deaxes, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12I'm just now understanding how the Democrats who left for Canada felt. It seems like the US is no longer the place of freedom it was created on. Is there going to be a time when the US will go back to preserving freedom instead of freedoms for buisnesses? I believe this whole downfall started during the 80's, during Reagan.
- Kirium, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Land of the free my arse....
Keep sending your kids off to fight halfway around the world for your freedom folks... Don't let the fact you lost your "true" freedom decades ago keep you from your blind patriotism... - ylocav, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11First, it's a misleading headline. This bill has not even been introduced, yet the headline states they're going to 'get their wishes from Congress'. Do you have any idea how many bills are introduced in Congress that never even see the light of day? And plenty of them are just as asinine as this, yet many of them show up on Digg as if it's something that's already happened, and you have no control over it. Yes, it's something we should all be concerned about, but a headline like that does not encourage people to act, instead it makes people feel powerless.
Second, instead of bitching about it on a website that's viewed by a very limited audience (despite digg's popularity, it's still limited), do something useful and write to your congresspersons. Include the name of the bill, and at least attempt to give a logical, well-thought-out argument against the bill. Don't sit back and wait for someone else to fight your battle, you need to do something yourself, and EFF and others like it need that support. Just digging the story isn't enough. Get involved.
Third, while a boycott would help in theory, remember they'll just blame the loss in sales on piracy, and expain that the DMCA obviously needs to be strengthened.
Finally, comments to the effect of 'I'm going to download as much as I can' only help the MPAA/RIAA/SIIA's case. Way to play right into their hands. - stealthboy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11The problem is that more people voted for an American Idol than for President of the United States. People are stupid. It's that simple. People will continue to buy the junk they are told to like.
The rest of us that actually realize the issues are just too small a minority to make any difference. - livestradamus, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Will run? Nope! It's been like that for a long, LONG time.
Not wanting to start war with you.. this is how I see it!
"The US seriously needs some government reform. Big business will run the country into the ground with their greed."
"There exists a shadowy Government with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas of national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself."
- Senator Daniel K. Inouye
Not to start war with you... but..
will run?
Dude it's been going on for a long, long, LONG time.
"Government is big business, with the face of democracy."--Jim West - dasunst3r, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10I live in America, and this is one of the reasons why I'm ashamed to be American. Laws like these inhibit innovation and will only take away our "economic leadership." These people are so speeding up the rate at which we are falling behind. I dare them to implement this one-sided law. We'll all be "terrorist helpers..." how about it?
Oh, yeah... if anybody lives in Texas, please vote out this nub known as Lamar Smith. *googles him* Oh, @#$%... I live in Texas...
Again, who needs terrorists when we have the RIAA and these stupid politicians? - jwartak, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Even though the DMCA was a Clinton "baby", it was still passed by large measure by a Republican Congress (House and Senate).
- Xiol, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11You have a third party. They just don't get any votes cos people cry out "You're wasting your vote!"
You're wasting it by voting for the two big parties.
Both in the US and over here in the UK, it's about time people starting voting for the little guys. Governments need a breath of fresh, modern, young air. Our generation needs to take over and sort some ***** out. - tranix, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11If the Dems were in power, the Corporations would be bribing (er, I mean donating) to them to vote against the will of the people. The Only way to save our government is to demand new laws making campaign donations by corporations/groups unlawful. Perhaps, even the government footing the campaign bills for those with N% signatures on petitions.
- dtfinch, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12Respect the diggs. If more people had seen it the first time, they wouldn't be digging the dupe. Probably half the stories I find interesting are dupes of stories I've missed that failed to reach the front page.
- t3hX, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11Pirate your music?
- CapnCornflake, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11How much my party has strayed. Once the war in Iraq is over, I'm jumping ship. Libertarian sounds nice.
- Beej, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I wonder what percentage of all the people the RIAA has sued is funding terrorism.
- Konrad9, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9*CENSORED FOR UNPATRIOTIC COMMENTS*
- yogico, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8instead of america exporting democracy and civil rights to Iraq, it turns out U.S is importing the principles of fascist dictatorship.
way to go bush. - twollamalove, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10You may be pushing it with the seig heil, but it's understandable.
Sentences like this:
"It gives the (Justice Department) the ability to do things to combat IP crime that they now can't presently do."
sound like something from a sci-fi dystopia. Talking about the need for "intellectual property" crime prosecution. Because, let's face it, if this law (as described here) is put in place, we all become criminals. Every American who can afford a computer will be a criminal. - siekosunfire, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9"But one of the more controversial sections may be the changes to the DMCA. Under current law, Section 1201 of the law generally prohibits distributing or trafficking in any software or hardware that can be used to bypass copy-protection devices.
Smith's measure would expand those civil and criminal restrictions. Instead of merely targeting distribution, the new language says nobody may "make, import, export, obtain control of, or possess" such anticircumvention tools if they may be redistributed to someone else."
So everyone using Windows will be targeted by this bill? I mean after all, Windows Media Player allows for users to copy CDs directly to the computer's hard drive. If this bill does indeed pass, contact your local authorities and have them place all of your state's representatives in jail for being in violation of this law. If the law is not upheld, then you have a bonafide reason to either leave the country or present this to the courts and hope that it is overturned. -
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