ACCOPS Act
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0717housebill.html
Ummmm What in the World is our Government thinking?? Turn every P2P fan into a Felon?
Unemployment is the worst since 1983. Immigration is out of control and the best these fine Democrats can do is make it a Federal Felony to rip off the Movie, Music Industry etc? I'm all for ending piracy but this is just naff thinking.
I hate to get into Party Politics but I really doubt that the Democrats will get much attention from me. This is assinine.
Quote:
Two Democratic congressman have introduced a bill that would make a single unauthorized upload of a copyrighted work, such as a song, a federal felony. One critic is calling the legislation "ridiculous."
Reps. John Conyers Jr., (D-Mich.) and Howard Berman (D-Calif.) introduced the "Author, Consumer, and Computer Owner Protection and Security Act of 2003" (ACCOPS Act) on Wednesday.
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Saying that a single upload to a peer-to-peer file sharing site can cost the copyright owner thousands of dollars in lost revenue, the bill clarifies that the uploading of one copyrighted work meets the 10 copy, $2,500 threshold for felonious copyright infringement in U.S. copyright law....
Two Democratic congressman have introduced a bill that would make a single unauthorized upload of a copyrighted work, such as a song, a federal felony. One critic is calling the legislation "ridiculous."
Reps. John Conyers Jr., (D-Mich.) and Howard Berman (D-Calif.) introduced the "Author, Consumer, and Computer Owner Protection and Security Act of 2003" (ACCOPS Act) on Wednesday.
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Saying that a single upload to a peer-to-peer file sharing site can cost the copyright owner thousands of dollars in lost revenue, the bill clarifies that the uploading of one copyrighted work meets the 10 copy, $2,500 threshold for felonious copyright infringement in U.S. copyright law....
Ummmm What in the World is our Government thinking?? Turn every P2P fan into a Felon?
Unemployment is the worst since 1983. Immigration is out of control and the best these fine Democrats can do is make it a Federal Felony to rip off the Movie, Music Industry etc? I'm all for ending piracy but this is just naff thinking.
I hate to get into Party Politics but I really doubt that the Democrats will get much attention from me. This is assinine.
Comments
you sure you got that party right?
(this is totally an asscroft move if i've ever seen one. maybe he subjegated them somehow....)
Originally posted by alcimedes
lol, i'm sad to say this but this is exactly the kind of crap i expect from Republicans.
you sure you got that party right?
(this is totally an asscroft move if i've ever seen one. maybe he subjegated them somehow....)
I don't doubt that. The fact that two Democrats have pushed this is amazing to me. Demicans and Republicrats. It's time for a Government overhaul...fat chance that ever happens.
Originally posted by groverat
I'm interested in how it will work out when challenged, especially making one offense automatically ten offenses.
Or as the article suggested. How can one person be liable for thousands of damages if each song is only .99. It would take 2500 uploaded songs to reach the current felony copyright limit. Here they seem to be "deducing" that they can pull damage estimates out of think air. Got love that assesment skill when Politicians can barely balance a budget.
Originally posted by Scott
I'm glad to see so many members owning up to their bias and ignorance.
could you elaborate?
This kind of horses**t politicis always has and always will be played by politicians seeking a) big contributions from big companies and/or b) to capitalize on a current hot national topic to get name recognition and TV face time. Every dirtbag politician does this garbage. Political party affiliation has absolutely nothing to do with it.
Get out from under your lame shroud of ignorance people.
(note: this is not applicable to anyone who didn't say "damn republicans/democrats" or some variation thereof.)
this is as unexpected from Democrats as the Woz network was from Wozniak.
If you ask me record companies dug themselves into this mess to begin with. First with price gouging, anyone hear of MAPS. Then with bringing greater attention to P2P, hell I bet 50% of the people file sharing pirated music now would still be trading bootleg cassettes with their neighbor if RIAA hadn't been such a public ass about how they handled Napster. They should've watched computer buying trends and how many people were getting online. Now everyone and their grandmother knows where to find free pirated music on a global scale.
RIAA - "HEY EVERYBODY, We're trying to shut down these guys who make our music accessible for free!!"
Joe Schmoe - "I jus' got AOL, I wonda if Ah can find that new Britney Spears song? Whas that site called, Nab-turd? Ah sheet, hey Tom where can Ah find some free music.
Tom, Dick and Johnny - rattles off a long list of file sharing sites
Actually the people typically pushing for the infringement on our civil liberties are the clowns over at the CIA, and last time I checked no matter which party is in power those guys are around.
Originally posted by alcimedes
i think the bias comes from the recent desire from ashcroft et. al. to control as much of people's lives as possible.
this is as unexpected from Democrats as the Woz network was from Wozniak.
Unexpected by whom? The dems have been bought and paid for supporters of hollywood and the american entertainment racket for decades.
Originally posted by alcimedes
i think the bias comes from the recent desire from ashcroft et. al. to control as much of people's lives as possible.
this is as unexpected from Democrats as the Woz network was from Wozniak.
That's just ridiculous hyperbole. A check of the facts shows that you are either joking or a patrician kook.
Originally posted by Tulkas
Unexpected by whom? The dems have been bought and paid for supporters of hollywood and the american entertainment racket for decades.
As well as trial lawyer that help to jack up the price of prescription drugs and increase cost of aids drugs to Africa. Therefore the democrats caused aids in Africa. FOR SHAME!
Well at least the part about the democrats being the pockets of lawyers is correct.
I'm not saying that two wrongs make a right -- just that the biggest effort should be make against the biggest criminals, not the easiest targets. For now, the lesson our society seems to be teaching is that if you're going to steal, steal really big and buy off of few political friends with your ill-gotten gains. Not being powerful and not moving in the right social circles is what's punishable.