That Al Gonzales is one creepy dude
Take a minute to read CNet's highlights of Al Gonzales' proposed anti-piracy law. Beyond the fact that it could have been written by the lobbyists themselves (I know,) take a look at the last bullet point featured.
Take minute with that. The Attorney General wants software on your computer that would report you to Homeland Security. Then, Homeland Security would collect this information and forward it to a Trade Association, a private business group, who would then use it in civil cases against you.
The DHS would be the investigative arm of the RIAA.
This will likely never come into law, but it does say alot about Gonzales.
Require Homeland Security to alert the Recording Industry Association of America. That would happen when CDs with "unauthorized fixations of the sounds, or sounds and images, of a live musical performance" are attempted to be imported.
Take minute with that. The Attorney General wants software on your computer that would report you to Homeland Security. Then, Homeland Security would collect this information and forward it to a Trade Association, a private business group, who would then use it in civil cases against you.
The DHS would be the investigative arm of the RIAA.
This will likely never come into law, but it does say alot about Gonzales.
posted by mikevotes at
9:45 PM
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Oh Boy! This looks like a test case for the blogs to generate a mighty grassroots protest.
I feel some viral video ideas percolating right this very minute.
This administration hasn't seen an insurgency like this one yet.
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Anonymous, at 11:38 PM
I don't really know enough about this, but it does seem pretty awful.
Again, I doubt with a Dem Congress, that gets so much support online, that this goes through, but still....
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mikevotes, at 7:17 AM
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