Re: [privacy] Think about breaking DMCA? Go Straight to jail!

[Ron <iago () valhallalegends com>]

Don't forget that software piracy is used "quite frankly, to fund 
terrorism activities." (according to Gonzales)

Source: 
http://news.com.com/Congress+readies+new+digital+copyright+bill/2100-1028_3-6064016.html?tag=nefd.top

And we all know that as soon as the "T" word is used, people's 
pre-programmed fnord-style synapse takes over and they will agree to 
anything.

Justin Polazzo wrote:
> http://www.boingboing.net/2006/04/24/dmca_revision_propos.html
>
> Monday, April 24, 2006
> DMCA revision proposal will jail Americans for "attempting" infringment
> A new proposed set of amendments to the US's loathsome DMCA -- the 1998
> copyright that paves the way to censorship, arresting security
> researchers, and creating monopolies for entertainment and DRM companies
> -- will make the law even worse. The Department of Justice has proposed
> the amendments to Congress, and IPac and others have action-pages up
> that will help you fight them. Texas's Lamar Smith sponsored a bill to
> pass the amendments into law. If you have the poser to campaign for
> Smith's opponent, the 2006 elections would be a good time to do so --
> that guy's evidently so deep in Hollywood's pockets that he'll send
> Americans to jail for downloading music.
>
> The new law would send you to prison for attempting to infringe
> copyright. It would make it even more illegal to own tools that could be
> used to remove copy-restrictions, like DVD-ripping software -- it could
> even bust Symantec for making software that removed the Sony rootkit
> malicious software that the company distributed with its CDs last year:
>
>     This is a concerted effort to escalate Hollywood's war on America by
> creating a generation of criminals and sending them off to jail. That's
> right: the "Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2006" (IPPA) would
> double the authorized prison terms for existing copyright infringement,
> create a host of new offenses, and establish a division within the FBI
> to hunt down infringers. The Members of Congress in the pockets of the
> Hollywood cartels want to divert $20 million a year and FBI agents from
> fighting real criminals so they can go after people without computers. 
>
> > http://ipaction.org/blog/2006/04/bill-hollywood-cartels-dont-want-you_2
> 4.html
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>
> This one is for you Todd, cause I know you love this stuff =D
>
> Justin Polazzo
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