Posted by SODDI the Obeah Man on 04/24/06 15:11

"Modemac" <modemac@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1145885244.241459.142970@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
> 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.

Next comes the law that forbids you to even THINK about circumventing
copyright protection.

In fact, you are in violation of previous laws by even making this post.

When Modemac posts, the terrorists win.

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