Bush signs controversial anti-piracy law

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Just caught this on yahoo's home page:

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20081013/tc_nm/us_intellectualproperty_law

Public Knowledge particularly opposed a measure that allowed for the forfeiture of devices used in piracy.

"Let's suppose that there's one computer in the house, and one person uses it for downloads and one for homework. The whole computer goes," said Public Knowledge spokesman Art Brodsky.

Brodsky argued that, at best, the bill was unnecessary because the recording and movie industry had the right to take accused infringers to court.

"There's already lots and lots of penalties for copyright violations," he said. "They've got all the tools they need."
 
start using proxies and firewalls people.
the gov. is cracking down...

this is more worrisome than illegals
hopping the border.
 
I'll sleep so much better knowing that our gov. is cracking down on this "organized crime".

Dumbasses........
 
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