So the government wants to make a felony of a 12 year old girl streaming a Lady Gaga sound, under the Patriot Act. For those awaiting good things from the Tea Party polticians, too late, theya lready voted to extend the Patriot Act. Next, make IPR violations a felony under the Act.
• Under federal law, wiretaps may only be conducted in investigations of serious crimes, a list that was expanded by the 2001 Patriot Act to include offenses such as material support of terrorism and use of weapons of mass destruction. The administration is proposing to add copyright and trademark infringement, arguing that move "would assist U.S. law enforcement agencies to effectively investigate those offenses."
Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20043421-281.html#ixzz1GnIXlNEI
This is absolute madness. Read the generally sane comments, mixed in the the delusional comments, especially from the fellow who claims he does not make much money from writing software, because everyone steals his. He is of course dreaming. He does not make much money because people do not buy his software, because they do not want to pay for it. he should write better software, not ask the government to spy and imprison 12 year old girls over IPR violations under a terrorism act. I've had a book on Amazon/com for 10 years, and free on googlebooks. Sure people "steal it" by downloading and not paying me anything. So what? They were never my customer anyway. I am not out anything. If I want to earn, I must market. Natural law. IPR whiners want to make the rest of us pay for enforcement because they neither do very good work nor are willing to market their wares. Welfare queens, the lot of them.
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