Posted by Rev. Bad Monkey on 04/24/06 13:30

When the sheep are in trouble let the wolves gaurd the gate.




Modemac wrote:
> http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6064016.html?part=rss&tag=6064016&subj=news
>
> This law expands the Digital Millenium Copyright Act's provisions that
> prohibit software used to bypass copy protection. The new law makes it
> illegal to "make, import, export, obtain control of, or possess" any
> procedures used to get around copyright proteciton.
>
> Not only that, it allows the use of wiretapping in investigation of
> "copyright crimes, trade secret theft, and economic espionage." The
> FBI would be used to enforce copyright law. I guess this means they
> don't have enough to do already when it comes to tracking down
> terrorists and Evil Internet Child Pornographers.
>
> --
> The High Weirdness Project
> http://www.modemac.com

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