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Re: [privacy] Think about breaking DMCA? Go Straight to jail!
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 02:28:50 GMT
Ref: 'Congress Readies New Digital Copyright Bill' http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6064016.html Horrifying, no? - ferg -- der Mouse <mouse () Rodents Montreal QC CA> wrote:
[T]he "Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2006" (IPPA) would double the authorized prison terms for existing copyright infringement, create a host of new offenses, and establish a division within the FBI to hunt down infringers.
Prison terms? Copyright infringement is a criminal matter now there, not a civil matter between the infringer and the copyright holder? When did this happen? I missed it. DMCA? [snip] -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
Current thread:
- [privacy] Think about breaking DMCA? Go Straight to jail! Justin Polazzo (Apr 25)
- Re: [privacy] Think about breaking DMCA? Go Straight to jail! Ron (Apr 25)
- Re: [privacy] Think about breaking DMCA? Go Straight to jail! George Bakos (Apr 26)
- Re: [privacy] Think about breaking DMCA? Go Straight to jail! der Mouse (Apr 25)
- Re: [privacy] Think about breaking DMCA? Go Straight to jail! Valdis . Kletnieks (Apr 25)
- Re: [privacy] Think about breaking DMCA? Go Straight to jail! James Kehl (Apr 26)
- Re: [privacy] Think about breaking DMCA? Go Straight to jail! Valdis . Kletnieks (Apr 25)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: [privacy] Think about breaking DMCA? Go Straight to jail! Fergie (Apr 25)
- Re: [privacy] Think about breaking DMCA? Go Straight to jail! Ken Dyke (Apr 26)
- Re: [privacy] Think about breaking DMCA? Go Straight to jail! Andrew Blair (Apr 26)
- Re: [privacy] Think about breaking DMCA? Go Straight to jail! Patrick Jordan (Apr 26)
- Re: [privacy] Think about breaking DMCA? Go Straight to jail! Blanchard_Michael (Apr 26)
- Re: [privacy] Think about breaking DMCA? Go Straight to jail! der Mouse (Apr 26)
- Re: [privacy] Think about breaking DMCA? Go Straight to jail! Blanchard_Michael (Apr 26)
- Re: [privacy] Think about breaking DMCA? Go Straight to jail! Avishai Avivi (Apr 26)
- Re: [privacy] Think about breaking DMCA? Go Straight to jail! Ron (Apr 25)