Your iPod, Rio, MEC Station Deluxe, may become illegal!

[unrequited]

In what seems to be the latest in legal-intellectual-peroperty-asshattry, a new act up for ratification will make devices, manufacturers, and users "capable of infringement" illegal and capable of suit. Don't believe me? How about a couple fake suits loged against Apple for their iPod, Toshiba, and C-Net. If this act passes, these sample lawsuits can be filed as asinine as they are (by design and for example of course).

http://www.eff.org/IP/Apple_Complaint.php

After reading, send your congressmen an email or fax telling them you DO NOT want them to pass this (http://action.eff.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2918). It takes just a couple seconds to fill out, and will make a difference.

BTW, if you're interested in what a MEC Station Deluxe is, you can check the Pics/Vids thread for more info.

[Dissman]

It's a good article, although, i doubt that any such law will stand up to a constitutional test especially with a lot of current decisions.

[unrequited]

It's a good article, although, i doubt that any such law will stand up to a constitutional test especially with a lot of current decisions.
I don't think we as a nation should be passing any 'ol crap and then working and spending tax dollars to repeal acts/laws. That's why we have the DCMA, the Patriot Act, and other laws which are currently being fought right now.

[Dissman]

It's a good article, although, i doubt that any such law will stand up to a constitutional test especially with a lot of current decisions.
I don't think we as a nation should be passing any 'ol crap and then working and spending tax dollars to repeal acts/laws. That's why we have the DCMA, the Patriot Act, and other laws which are currently being fought right now.

Agreed... kinda reminds me of the Clinton Gun Ban... only a few more months until we can rectify that one.

[[gh]Spurty]

sigh, how are judges even entertaining these notions? Why are they all retarded?

I think that someone needs to kick them all out and pick sane and reasonable people to do that job. THey are clearly COOKOO.

What is next ? Printing words made illegal ? Copyrights taken so far that not only can only the person who wrote the book print it, but they are the only people able to READ the words in the book? Game over if it comes to that. We'll all revert to living in caves and slinging poo at eachother.

Better way to fight this is to stop buy music (Seriously, bankrupt them all. Artists suffer as they sign up for it, so you aren't hurting them anymore. They can alsoways put up a website and allow you to download their stuff for $$$'s if they want).

Every song you buy is a tax on your freedom to listen to it how you chose.

Conversely, execellent idea. Piracy of music is bad, it hurts music companies who we all know do so much good for the world. They cure diseases and cancer and piss Oil. Oh, wait a minute, no they don't.

What are the judges thinking here? Guess they didn't have music when they were kids.

I wonder what happened to this stuff in the UK legal system? Its not a new idea. Its as old as the CD writer / tape recorder.

[darien]

It's a good article, although, i doubt that any such law will stand up to a constitutional test especially with a lot of current decisions.

OK, I know we have at least a few folks here who can read (and possibly enjoy it). I have just completed reading a huge text on the subject, and I think you will find it rewarding.

Best of all, it's free.

http://free-culture.org/

Click on the FREE CONTENT link to download the original PDF for free. Click on REMIXES to download alternative versions (text, html, etc).

"Lawrence Lessig shows us that while new technologies always lead to new laws, never before have the big cultural monopolists used the fear created by new technologies, specifically the Internet, to shrink the public domain of ideas, even as the same corporations use the same technologies to control more and more what we can and can’t do with culture. As more and more culture becomes digitized, more and more becomes controllable, even as laws are being toughened at the behest of the big media groups. What’s at stake is our freedom—freedom to create, freedom to build, and ultimately, freedom to imagine."