New California Law Bans Anonymous Media File Sharing 679
An anonymous reader writes "It looks like California will soon be requiring emails to share files. The story from SF Gate has a few details as Ahnold goes on his signing spree in Sacramento. 'Aiding the industry that helped him gain worldwide fame, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation Tuesday aimed at discouraging online piracy by requiring anyone disseminating movies or music on the Internet to disclose their e-mail address.' Also he signed a bill to limit the sale of video games."
Paying Back Favors and Pot Whitwashes Kettle (Score:5, Funny)
Well, if they sponsor it, it's gotta be good for the Governator and what's good for him is good for California. You got something to say about that, Girly-man?
the Motion Picture Association of America, which says it loses $3.5 billion annually to piracy
Hollywood accounting, ya gotta love it, babe.
Governor and video game star Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a measure aimed at curbing sales of violent video games to children. ..
Some of Schwarzenegger's movies were spun off into video games that bear the governor's likeness - although they are not among the most violent under the industry's ratings system.
Sure is helpful to have connections to those who determine what violent is. He might want to consider a ban on showing caskets of returning service personnel from Iraq, as that could upset impressionable television viewers.
Was he not paying attention? (Score:5, Funny)
sure, he can have my email address (Score:5, Funny)
or
president@whitehouse.gov (or was it
HA! (Score:5, Funny)
anonymimityismyfriend@hotmail.com
youcantfindme@hotmail.com
Need I continue?
That explains why... (Score:5, Funny)
Let me get this straight... (Score:3, Funny)
ahnold!!!! (Score:2, Funny)
You forgot the most important bill (Score:5, Funny)
When the casket is a 'rockin
Don't come a 'knockin
Email address? That'll pin em down (Score:3, Funny)
After all, an EMAIL address is as solid an ID as a fingerprint!
Signed, arnoldschwarzeneggar245573@hotmail.com
Re:HA! (Score:1, Funny)
Define "Sharing Files" (Score:1, Funny)
No problem! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:sure, he can have my email address (Score:5, Funny)
Your bud, god@heaven.com
P.S. - There can be only one.
said the pirate to the governator of califoynia: (Score:3, Funny)
What Next... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Liberals = Idiots (Score:1, Funny)
New Poll Idea (Score:5, Funny)
* asdf@asdf.com
* schwartzenegger@california.gov
* sit@home.org
* eat@joes.com
* cowboyneal@slashdot.org
Re:Disclose my email address? (Score:3, Funny)
You have NO idea. I walked into the local Fry's the other day, and found that pretty much everything in the store had a tag reading "Warning: Handling this product will expose you to lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, [etc]"
Holy crap! Was this Fry's once a firing range, and now contaminated with lead? Was everything they were selling made in some south-of-the-border factory that had a lead smelter under the roof? Were these items Chinese, and painted in lead-based paints?
Actually, it was none of the above. The notices were required because of lead content in the solder used in the cabling.
The legislators here have WAY too much time on their hands. Most of them are career politicians or career wannabees, and want to build up a "track record" of high-profile legislation (ie, crap that does nobody any good if you thought about it, but makes for a great photo op.) For example, this Yee fellow from San Francisco was slapped down multiple times - by his fellow legislators, and kept coming back by hollowing out other people's bills in order to put in his own ridiculous provisions. Then of course, there was the bill that banned
Fraud in an election would get both parties screaming about how people's rights were violated, but evidently it's ok if it's done on a regular basis by elected officials. Crazy doesn't even begin to describe the situation here...
cyclical (Score:2, Funny)
Re:New Poll Idea (Score:5, Funny)
We noticed, but there's a good question. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:We noticed, but there's a good question. (Score:4, Funny)
There's a possible apocryphal tale that when the crime of buggery (which was used as the legal term) was introduced in Victorian Britain, Queen Victoria vetoed a similar law banning lesbian sexual acts as she refused to believe they were possible.
Re:Lots of questions (Score:4, Funny)
Coming from the future, he knew the right key combination for your friendly Diebold vote counter?
Re:sure, he can have my email address (Score:5, Funny)
And the best part is, it really works, unlike those fake addresses everyone else is suggesting!
Re:What about my own music or video? (Score:3, Funny)
The Boston Globe, for example, has an advanced system for preventing you from giving your newspaper to someone else. They continue every damn article from the front page to some random other section of the paper, which you will never find unless you have the whole paper in its original order. It works way better than an EULA.
Re:sure, he can have my email address (Score:5, Funny)
Your Son, jesus@heaven.org
Re:New Poll Idea (Score:4, Funny)
It's a valid email address and yes, I read it from time to time. If Arnold wants to send me some mail at that address there's a chance I'll read it, albeit a slim chance.
Re:sure, he can have my email address (Score:2, Funny)
Sincerely,
satan@homeland-security.gov
Re:We noticed, but there's a good question. (Score:5, Funny)
Queen Victoria vetoed a similar law banning lesbian sexual acts as she refused to believe they were possible.
I believe they are impossible too. I demand that you show me the evidence!
Re:Lots of questions (Score:1, Funny)
No. This applies to all forms of haring.
Re:Spoofed Email (Score:2, Funny)
Go ahead.
Re:NO. (Score:2, Funny)
Utter bollocks (Score:5, Funny)
Therefore, if anybody wanst a prestigous yourname@the.prosecutor.has.herpes.and.a.leaky.as
I'd love to see a video from the courtroom as the charges are read...
Re:What's with these laws? (Score:4, Funny)
look at me, breakin the law (Score:2, Funny)
Using klank3 encoding here is a pirated copy of a randomly selected Britney Spears song:
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The encoding is ingenious actually. I simply remove all the crap from the final stream, and use an ASCII code 46 sentinel for the end of the stream. My encoding scheme is one of the few methods that actually improves the sound quality.
hello (Score:3, Funny)
Re: You forgot the most important bill (Score:4, Funny)
What is the penalty? Is it ... stiff?
Re:Paying Back Favors and Pot Whitwashes Kettle (Score:4, Funny)
Sunni Islam into declaring
Didn't that used to be Cat Stevens? Hmm. It was probably a favor that he owed the RIAA.
Re:We noticed, but there's a good question. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:No problem! (Score:4, Funny)
OK, I just sent you a request for some MP3s. Let me know when you recei... oooh! I have mail, gotta run!
All expenses paid for $208/month? Sweet! ;-) (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Disclose my email address? (Score:3, Funny)
One of my fervent hopes is that global warming will make the constant rain a year-round phenomenon, shaking loose the rest like fleas on a freshly-collared dog.
Max
Re:Paying Back Favors and Pot Whitwashes Kettle (Score:5, Funny)
And it took ages to get the flamethrower, and you had to make a recitation to kill the boss on level 2, and colour pictures without going over the sides. And you had to hold hands when you crossed the street to get ammo at the gun shop.
Anyway it sucked.