A bunch of people wrote in regarding this Wired.com report about a new bill in front of congress. “Music and record industry lobbyists are quietly readying an all-out assault on Congress this fall in hopes of dramatically rewriting copyright laws. With the help of Fritz Hollings (D-S.C.), the powerful chairman of the Senate Commerce committee, they hope to embed copy-protection controls in nearly all consumer electronic devices and PCs. All types of digital content, including music, video and e-books, are covered.” Here is the actual bill. This is a bad thing in so many ways I can’t even get into it. This bill “also creates new federal felonies, punishable by five years in prison and fines of up to $500,000. Anyone who distributes copyrighted material with “security measures” disabled or has a network-attached computer that disables copy protection is covered.” Go ahead, send the nice senator an email.
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