House Approves New Property Seizure Law

[TER]

link (http://folsomtelegraph.com/detail/83753.html)


Incredibly, this bill was passed by a vote of 410-11. Two of the dissenting voters included Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul.

[TER]

The legislation also mandates the formation of a formal Intellectual Property Enforcement Division within the office of the Deputy Attorney General to enforce this madness. In addition, a new office called the Office of the United States Intellectual Property Enforcement Representative is created within the Executive Office of the President. If you boil it down to brass tax, this legislation allows the U.S. government to lawfully seize your computer if it has one unauthorized mp3 file on its hard drive. It also provides the authorization for the creation of offices within the executive branch to enforce a law that is impossible to enforce

:eek:

[RideTheDirt]

this legislation allows the U.S. government to lawfully seize your computer if it has one unauthorized mp3 file on its hard drive

are you fucking kidding me?

*purchases high powered magnet to destroy hard drive but first formats everything to .Wav*

[pcosmar]

I would say it is a good time to switch to an Operating System that doesn't "Snitch" on you.

[TER]

I would say it is a good time to switch to an Operating System that doesn't "Snitch" on you.

which would that be?

[brandon]

which would that be?

Any flavor of linux. Start with Debian

[PatriotOne]

I defy anyone to find me a computor that does not have a mp3 on it that does not break this new law. We are all now criminals and can have our computor's siezed. Nevermind that it is huge companies like YouTube and music download websites that have been the suppliers of this illegal music, etc.

Problem, reaction, solution.

Government allowed the problem to proliferate.

Caused a reaction by those who hold the rights to the property.

Created the solution that they wanted in the first place. To make us all criminals and subject to their whims.

I guess they are going to need all those new detention facilities now since they have just made about 99% of the U.S. citizen's that owns a computor a criminal now.

[pcosmar]

Any flavor of linux. Start with Debian

Yup.
My personal favorite,
http://www.pclinuxos.com/

A good site for information,
http://www.fixedbylinux.com/
http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/

[constituent]

what about .ogg?

[constituent]

Yup.
My personal favorite,
http://www.pclinuxos.com/

A good site for information,
http://www.fixedbylinux.com/
http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/

fer rills. you're the shit pcosmar and that's why i've been fighting w/ pclinux and my damned toshiba satellite laptop.... LUKE, (YOU KNOW THE REST... AND NO, I'M NOT YOUR FATHER!!!!!)

[dawnbt]

John Conyers is as shady as they come, straight out of Detroit. I wished I lived there for just one day to vote his butt out!

[FrankRep]

I just ripped my congresswoman a new one for voting YES on this bill.

Email your congressman and let them know how you feel.

[Cinderella]

so i should i start deleteing all my illegal music?!

[devil21]

Hmm, what if it's a .gov computer? Are they going to seize their own computer? lol

[freelance]

Just an FYI. It is apparently illegal to buy a CD and then put that CD on your computer. I read a slew of articles on this a few months back, but I do not have a link.

[Chester Copperpot]

link (http://folsomtelegraph.com/detail/83753.html)

I read through the law just a little.. it appear that it only pertains to somebody making a profit from copyrighted materials.

[pcosmar]

A couple links to fellow freedom fighters.
http://defectivebydesign.org/

http://www.eff.org/issues/drm

http://www.drmwatch.com/