Congress Declares War on File Leakers 1345
An anonymous reader submits "Bush is expected to sign a law that essentially makes it a crime punishable by up to three years in jail for a user to put a single 'copy of a film, software program or music file in a shared folder and should have known the copyrighted work had not been commercially released.' Whichever side you're on in the copyright debate, you have to agree this legislation is draconian and excessive, to say the least."
Once again, Microsoft to the rescue! (Score:5, Funny)
\\127.0.0.1\c$
This makes no sense. (Score:1, Funny)
Reading this makes my head hurt. Hello, editors?
FECAL Act? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Free Thinkers Declare War on the RIAA (Score:3, Funny)
Shared folders? (Score:3, Funny)
Now there's a name... (Score:5, Funny)
the Family Entertainment Copyright Act Legislation
With luck, we'll end up with an enforcement branch being created and the Supreme Court refusing to get involved under the ground, "We feel that, ultimately, copyright control in this country is a F.E.C.A.L. matter."
They do know it's the 20th, no the 1st, right?
prerelease program. Please don't distribute (Score:1, Funny)
I just got this pre-release program of the next version of hello world. Don't share!!
#include
main()
{
printf("hello ")
printf("world\n")
}
Re:"Common Carrier" - what about sites that host i (Score:1, Funny)
Just out of curiosity if that becomes law, would it then be the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act Law or FECAL?
Who thinks up these names...
Re:All In the Family (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Free Thinkers Declare War on the RIAA (Score:5, Funny)
Simple Idea (Score:1, Funny)
1. Produce a home movie and copyright it (think something dirty) and schedule a release date in the future for the movie.
2. (harder bit, think social engineering) create a shared folder on a server in the office of the RIAA and locate a copy of the movie there
3. Present to local prosecutor an anonymous letter stating that a "fan" of your work found this on a computer at the RIAA and thought you should know about it.
Although ungodly illegal it would probably have some merit in a court of law. In the discovery phase alone your likly to find enough immages/movies (porn) to find something else illegal.
The RIAA is left with 2 choices fight the law that allowed the search in the first place or suck the charges
Re:What is "commercial release" (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Free Thinkers Declare War on the RIAA (Score:5, Funny)
The main problem seems to be noise and no one talks or answers cell phones in elevators. You can bring your own food into elevators, and the sound system should be quite realistic in such a small space. As for the ads, if you were to watch them going up and down elevators instead of during the movie, I'm sure no one would have any problems with it.
Take my word for it. The future of cinema is the elevator.
Re:Draconian (Score:3, Funny)
Thats not so bad. With good behavior, you could be out in less than 2812 years.
Re:Free Thinkers Declare War on the RIAA (Score:2, Funny)
I think I'll burn some middle-eastern petroleum in my German engineered car (manufactured in Mexico), have a piece of Central America grown fruit, flip on the SE Asian fabricated TV and watch some good old american network news.
Re:Free Thinkers Declare War on the RIAA (Score:3, Funny)
While we're on the topic, this is called the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act [loc.gov]. Would it therefore be proper to call it the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act Legislation, aka FECAL?
Re:Free Thinkers Declare War on the RIAA (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Free Thinkers Declare War on the RIAA (Score:2, Funny)
Perhaps you should be prosecuted for stealing the content selling opportunities owned by the theater. It's not the actual M&M's you took in, but the sale that the theater lost due to your illegal activity.
Oh, and I REALLY hope you didn't share any of those M&M's.
Oh, and just a note... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Free Thinkers Declare War on the RIAA (Score:3, Funny)
Or maybe I'll just take the stairs. Or maybe I'll stay out of tall buildings for good. But please, for the love of the merciful almighty god who makes the sun rise each morning
Interesting acronym (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Free Thinkers Declare War on the RIAA (Score:3, Funny)
Looks like someone forgot to check "Post Anonymously."
Re:Free Thinkers Declare War on the RIAA (Score:4, Funny)
You are making the all-too-common mistake of confusing "libertarianism" with "corporate anarchy."
Understandable and forgivable, but please become more informed before accusing me of being a corporate shill. That would be great, thanks.
The united states? ... (Score:3, Funny)
Correction. (Score:3, Funny)
File swapper: I shared a master copy of Britney Spear's newest cd before it was released.
Axe murderer: The Villainy! Bend over.
Re:Free Thinkers Declare War on the RIAA (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Unintended consequences of a stupid bill (Score:2, Funny)
Better yet, give copies to all of the parents whose kids came to the party then watch their shares. If it shows up, you get to collect hugh amounts of money and send them to jail! Wheeee! That's what everyone wants right?
all the best,
drew
Re:Free Thinkers Declare War on the RIAA (Score:1, Funny)
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Some people might say that Britney Spears' music hasn't done any good, even that it's been harmful... but without it we wouldn't have Britney's Guide to Semiconductor Physics. [britneyspears.ac] So it's done at least SOME good. Chuckle.
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