barnstorm2
05-27-2004, 05:58 PM
The record companys want to taxpayer money to line their pockets ( not the artists! ) and trash our free speech rights while at it!
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* Sink the PIRATE Act
The PIRATE Act (S.2237) is yet another attempt to make taxpayers fund
the misguided war on file sharing, and it's moving fast. The bill
would allow the government to file civil copyright lawsuits in
addition to criminal prosecutions, dramatically lowering the burden
of proof and adding to the thousands of suits already filed by
record companies. It would also force the American public to pay
the legal bills of foreign record companies like Bertelsmann,
Vivendi Universal, EMI, and Sony. Meanwhile, not a penny from
the lawsuits goes to the artists.
Don't let the record industry use your hard-earned dollars to pursue
this fruitless war; tell Congress to sink the PIRATE Act!
Make your voice heard:
<http://action.eff.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2906>
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Also good to read:
Net traffic shows file-sharing undented
A study of network packets shows the threat of legal action has done little to discourage online swapping of music and video files
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99995045
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* Sink the PIRATE Act
The PIRATE Act (S.2237) is yet another attempt to make taxpayers fund
the misguided war on file sharing, and it's moving fast. The bill
would allow the government to file civil copyright lawsuits in
addition to criminal prosecutions, dramatically lowering the burden
of proof and adding to the thousands of suits already filed by
record companies. It would also force the American public to pay
the legal bills of foreign record companies like Bertelsmann,
Vivendi Universal, EMI, and Sony. Meanwhile, not a penny from
the lawsuits goes to the artists.
Don't let the record industry use your hard-earned dollars to pursue
this fruitless war; tell Congress to sink the PIRATE Act!
Make your voice heard:
<http://action.eff.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2906>
--------------------------------------------------------------
Also good to read:
Net traffic shows file-sharing undented
A study of network packets shows the threat of legal action has done little to discourage online swapping of music and video files
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99995045