Posted by Billy Joe on 11/13/05 00:30

locojones wrote:
>> From CNET News.com
> < excerpt >
> "... the Department of Justice recently submitted to Congress
> a
> "legislative package" aimed at toughening up
> intellectual-property
> enforcement amid evolving technology.
>
> "According to the proposal being circulated by the department,
> the
> measure would create a new crime called "attempting to
> infringe a
> copyright" and subject it to the same penalties as more
> serious
> infringement offenses."
> < end >
>
> The rest of the story:
> http://news.com.com/Justice+Dept.+pushes+stiffer+antipiracy+laws/2100-1028-5944612.html?part=dht&tag=ntop&tag=nl.e433
>
> (same as http://tinyurl.com/8f82o )
>
> "Create a new crime."
> Of course. Being as how all the old ones have been taken care
> of.
>
> Although, I have to ask - what the hell constitutes
> "attempting to
> infringe..."? Seems to be an infinite grey area subject to
> interpretation, which can only be made worse once the lawyers
> get
> their claws into it.
>
> I do not for one minute believe that only "for profit" pirates
> and
> counterfeiters will be targeted, since the P2P community has
> long been
> tarred with the same brush as those who rightfully should be
> prosecuted. It's this blurring of distinction between the two
> I find
> troublesome.
>
> - Loco -
> (Now Playing: Waiting For The Man - Orchestral Manoeuvres in
> the Dark)

Well, to quote Richard Millhouse Nixon, "I am not a thief!"
And, were Gerald Rudolph Ford still in office, I'm sure he would
promptly and punctiliously pardon all of those/us who have been
incorrectly perceived, pronounced, or persecuted by supercilious
purchased partisans?? ;-0)

An alliteration from an aliterate!!

BJ

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