House Bill to Make File-Sharing an Automatic Felony

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House Bill to Make File-Sharing an Automatic Felony 1753

Posted by michael on Thursday July 17, 2003 @10:25AM from the thumb-on-the-scales-of-justice dept.

JAgostoni writes "Wired news has an article about a new bill that would make it a felony to upload a file to a P2P network." EFF has a copy of the bill online. Conyers and Berman both get over a quarter of their campaign funding from Hollywood, according to opensecrets.org. You may remember Berman from this bill and this one.

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House Bill to Make File-Sharing an Automatic Felony

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Sharing.... (Score:5, Funny)

by mindshadow ( 240798 ) * writes: on Thursday July 17, 2003 @10:25AM (#6460599) Homepage Journal

Guess we should stop teaching our kids that sharing is good....

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Time to invest in prisons! (Score:5, Funny)

by PIPBoy3000 ( 619296 ) writes: on Thursday July 17, 2003 @10:27AM (#6460617)

With somewhere around a quarter of the US population engaging in filesharing, I suspect that corporate-run prisons will be a growth sector over the coming years.

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No! (Score:4, Funny)

by Rik Sweeney ( 471717 ) writes: on Thursday July 17, 2003 @10:32AM (#6460673) Homepage

All my porn comes from P2P! How am I supposed to get it now?!

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Supreme court (Score:5, Funny)

by dipipanone ( 570849 ) writes: on Thursday July 17, 2003 @10:33AM (#6460689)

OK, now I understand why the Supreme Court recently legalized sodomy. Clearly, it was necessary to make it legal before the RIAA and the US government start systematically buggering the general public.

<RIAA spokesperson>
Lube? What do you mean, lube? You're a thief, plain and simple, so you're going to be buggered in the exact manner that I specify. Which means no lube!
</RIAA spokesperson>

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Re:Now better off with armed robbery (Score:4, Funny)

by killmenow ( 184444 ) writes: on Thursday July 17, 2003 @10:37AM (#6460742)

Plus, that way you get those amazing liner notes!

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Re:Time to invest in prisons! (Score:3, Funny)

by Toasty981 ( 43996 ) writes: on Thursday July 17, 2003 @10:47AM (#6460906) Homepage

Following this trend [slashdot.org], let's just do what Britain used to do and outsource our prisoners!

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New CD pricing? (Score:3, Funny)

by Polymath Crowbane ( 675799 ) writes: on Thursday July 17, 2003 @10:48AM (#6460909)

In order to get the most benefit out of this bill, I guess the labels will be raising the retail price of their CDs to $250.

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Re:Time for publicly funded politicians? (Score:4, Funny)

by velophile ( 661890 ) writes: on Thursday July 17, 2003 @10:48AM (#6460914)

I think it's time for the people of the United States to band together, chip in, and buy ourselves a politician or two. Maybe with a bit left over we can even get a couple of lobbyists.

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Re:Anybody got a dime (Score:5, Funny)

by cosmo7 ( 325616 ) writes: on Thursday July 17, 2003 @10:57AM (#6461021) Homepage

What if you allow someone on fisherman's wharf to play mp3s on a computer along the shore? That is file sharing and it is on a pier to pier network.

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Re:Crazy Berman, He's insane!! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday July 17, 2003 @11:05AM (#6461148)

Oi! Watch it mate, some of my best friends are rabid tasmanian devils.

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Does this mean... (Score:5, Funny)

by ZaMoose ( 24734 ) writes: on Thursday July 17, 2003 @11:06AM (#6461159)

Wait, so if I write a song that contains an E-F chord progression [411mania.com] and then upload it onto the KaZaa network, can I be charged with a felony?

Then, can I punch Lars in the face? Repeatedly?

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Re:Sharing.... (Score:3, Funny)

by einstein ( 10761 ) writes: on Thursday July 17, 2003 @11:17AM (#6461294) Homepage Journal

Yes, I suggest anyone who wants to teach their children this process hop on to Kazaa and download "I'm just a bill" from Schoolhouse Rock... or maybe not..

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Re:No! (Score:2, Funny)

by tickleboy2 ( 548566 ) writes: on Thursday July 17, 2003 @11:20AM (#6461320) Homepage

All your porn are belong to us! -RIAA

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More serious crime than some violent crimes? (Score:4, Funny)

by gorbachev ( 512743 ) writes: on Thursday July 17, 2003 @11:27AM (#6461425) Homepage

Up to 5 years in prison?

What we need to do is get Berman in prison, that's the real problem here.

Proletariat of the world, unite to kill politicians who've been bought

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A.C.C.O.P.S!!! (Score:2, Funny)

by dnaSpyDir ( 167208 ) writes: on Thursday July 17, 2003 @11:51AM (#6461763) Homepage Journal

Anonymous
Cowards
Create
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Re:Just to drive it home a little more (Score:3, Funny)

by hesiod ( 111176 ) writes: on Thursday July 17, 2003 @11:52AM (#6461777)

> the penalties are much less, even though shoplifting actually hurts more people.

Well, no, you shouldn't teach that to kids. If they are smart enough to figure it out on their own, great! If not, that means fewer people stealing the CDs that are rightfully mine to steal!

(Just to let you know, this is not a disguised statement of my feelings on the subject, just a bad joke)

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Remember kids- (Score:3, Funny)

by Mu*puppy ( 464254 ) writes: on Thursday July 17, 2003 @12:34PM (#6462278)

-copying is double-plus ungood.
A kind reminder from the Ministry of Love...

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One phone call (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday July 17, 2003 @01:00PM (#6462606)

(Dials up his ISP and brings down a couple MP3s for old times.)

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Re:Time to invest in prisons! (Score:3, Funny)

by deacon ( 40533 ) writes: on Thursday July 17, 2003 @02:41PM (#6463732) Journal

That is true.
Cause in China, you get executed for petty little things like embezelment, speaking out against the state, etc. etc.

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Re:Dull and duller (Score:3, Funny)

by Z0mb1eman ( 629653 ) writes: on Thursday July 17, 2003 @02:45PM (#6463767) Homepage

>Unless something really interesting comes up, there should be no +mods, although there will be, because Mods moderate when they agree, not when they think it's important.

I agree! Damn, I wish I had some mod points to mod you up!

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by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes: on Thursday July 17, 2003 @05:45PM (#6465740)

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House Bill to Make File-Sharing an Automatic Felony

Sharing.... (Score:5, Funny)

Time to invest in prisons! (Score:5, Funny)

No! (Score:4, Funny)

Supreme court (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Now better off with armed robbery (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Time to invest in prisons! (Score:3, Funny)

New CD pricing? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Time for publicly funded politicians? (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Anybody got a dime (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Crazy Berman, He's insane!! (Score:1, Funny)

Does this mean... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Sharing.... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:No! (Score:2, Funny)

More serious crime than some violent crimes? (Score:4, Funny)

A.C.C.O.P.S!!! (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Just to drive it home a little more (Score:3, Funny)

Remember kids- (Score:3, Funny)

One phone call (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Time to invest in prisons! (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Dull and duller (Score:3, Funny)

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