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Warning to all music downloaders. Bush signs PRO-IP ACT

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The Pro-IP Act establishs a new copyright enforcement division with the Department of Justice and create a new position for a federal copyright enforcement czar. The bill would also enable law enforcement agents to seize property from copyright infringers. An earlier version of the bill would have allowed the content industry to collect damages for each track copied from a CD, but that provision was removed after coming under widespread criticism.
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I was going to post in politics but figured more people might get the warning if here.
 
BuckWrestler141;1291361; said:
I was going to post in politics but figured more people might get the warning if here.
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what does this bill consider a "copyright infringer"? or has that not changed?

does it bother anyone else that our government uses terms like "czar"? we gonna have any emperor's anytime soon? how about a dictator or 2. already have them..? well [censored]. nevermind.
 
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martinss01;1291474; said:
what does this bill consider a "copyright infringer"? or has that not changed?

does it bother anyone else that our government uses terms like "czar"? we gonna have any emperor's anytime soon? how about a dictator or 2. already have them..? well [censored]. nevermind.
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:lol: True.
 
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Dear Dubya,

I'd legally buy more music if I could afford the gas to drive to the record store, and had any spending money left over after paying my family's mortgage, child care, and medical bills.

Sincerely,
- Dryden
 
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Dryden;1291503; said:
Dear Dubya,

I'd legally buy more music if I could afford the gas to drive to the record store, and had any spending money left over after paying my family's mortgage, child care, and medical bills.

Sincerely,
- Dryden
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You might wanna copy Congress on that one.
 
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Here's what really bothers me. According to this you're not allowed to make "Illegal copies" of the music. I remember a thread on here about a dj that bought his music in CD form then copied it to his laptop to be used for playing in night clubs while working. But he was sued by the record industry for making "Illegal copies".

Now under this ideaology all copies of music you buy and make for yourself would be illegal. Now lets say you download a song from iTunes you would only be able to listen to it on your computer but not burn it to a cd or download it you iPod to listen in your car. So do I have to buy the damn song 3 times now?

So mr copyright "Czar" fuck off! If we're going to get punished for infringement anyways I'm using Limewire, and bit torrent.
 
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scarletandgrey;1291606; said:
Here's what really bothers me. According to this you're not allowed to make "Illegal copies" of the music. I remember a thread on here about a dj that bought his music in CD form then copied it to his laptop to be used for playing in night clubs while working. But he was sued by the record industry for making "Illegal copies".

Now under this ideaology all copies of music you buy and make for yourself would be illegal. Now lets say you download a song from iTunes you would only be able to listen to it on your computer but not burn it to a cd or download it you iPod to listen in your car. So do I have to buy the damn song 3 times now?

So mr copyright "Czar" [censored] off! If we're going to get punished for infringement anyways I'm using Limewire, and bit torrent.
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bingo. i can buy the cd. but i can't copy the media to my laptop to play without the cd? or to my ipod? let alone making copies of the cd for my own use because well... cd's do have a shelf life afterall.

it seems to me that the gov. stance is when you purchase a "song" your not actually purchasing the music/media. you are purchasing the piece of hardware that media is imprinted on. should that piece of hardware be damanged, you no longer have any rights to the media contained within.
 
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The house passed it back in May with a 410 to 10 vote

The House of Representatives has approved the Pro-IP Act, a controversial legislative proposal that aims to impose stricter penalties for copyright infringement. The bill, which has strong support from the content industry, passed by a vote of 410 to 10.
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This just goes to show where our (their) priorities lie.
 
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