[widdershins] The Pirate Act

[Simple Nomad]

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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