[widdershins] The Pirate Act

[Justin Johnson [GHA]]

Agreed.  I haven't had a chance yet to read the law that it is attempting to amend, but
from the looks of things, it's trying to make it so that the Attorney General can act as
the copyright holder and all of their privilages.

-Justin
http://gha.booleangate.org

--- Douglas Duckworth <digital_phr34k at kmfms.com> wrote:
> We have got to get these ignorant politicans out of power, they think that more
> regulation will solve the problem... They don't look at why people violate copyrights.
> Putting more power in appointed officals such as they attorney general only spells the
> end of our privacy and freedom.
> 
> 
> --- Simple Nomad <thegnome at nmrc.org> wrote:
> 

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> From: Simple Nomad <thegnome at nmrc.org>
> To: widdershins at attrition.org
> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 14:39:33 -0600
> Subject: [widdershins] The Pirate Act
> 
> The proposed act:
>
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_bills&docid=f:s2237is.txt
> 
> Related Wired article:
> http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,62830,00.html
> 
> Orrin Hatch is either off his meds or needs an adjustment. The genie is
> out of the bottle -- passing this regulation isn't going to mean shit in
> a global Internet community, in spite of WIPO.
> 
> -- 
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