Bush Signs Law Targeting P2P Pirates

BlakeCaldwell writes "CNet is reporting that President Bush signed into law the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act (previously-reported). A lawbreaker can land in jail for up to three years for distributing a single copy of a prerelease movie on the Internet. The MPAA's president Dan Glickman applauded the move, stating he wanted to 'thank the congressional sponsors of this legislation for their strong advocacy for intellectual property rights.'"

In soviet russia...

[TrippTDF]

...they don't have this problem.

New name for law...

[Anonymous Coward]

They should call it the Federal Entertainment Copyright Act of Law (FECAL). That way, when the FBI goes to bust someone, they can have a press release where they say:

"We here at the FBI take FECAL matters very seriously, and Jimmy here is in way over his head."

Funny that they stress "Family Entertainment".

[Pantero Blanco]

No, Mr President, I don't think this has anything to do with the American family. Just say Movie Protection or something.

irony

[Anonymous Coward]

irony: President Bush signing anything that involves the word "intellectual"

Nice knowing you guys

[sgtron]

Been nice knowing you guys.. wait.. we'll all meet up again in the big house and talk over the old times together.. it'll be fun!

*sigh* I knew I'd have to do this sooner or later.

[doublem]

Start -> Control Panel -> Add Remove Programs

Wait for "The list to be populated"

Click "Remove" next to "eMule, used Frequently"

"Are you sure you want to uninstall eMule?

*sigh* "Yes"

Remember kids, when you use P2P, you're supporting terrorists, and because of that, using P2P will get you shipped to Syria where a confession will be tortured out of you, and then you'll be imprisoned without trial or access to a lawyer until such time as Democrats seize control of the government.

Re:Not that bad...

[Anonymous Coward]

At first, they wanted to cut off all four of my limbs. However, after years of negotiation, and much effort, we've managed to reach a compromise where they only cut off my left foot.

I'm happy with the deal.

huh?

Re:the word sponsor just leaves a bad taste....

[doublem]

It's the REAL Golden Rule.

The one who has the Gold makes the Rules

Re:Not that bad...

[0x461FAB0BD7D2]

Simply put: Passion of the Christ DVD sales

Thank god!

[Ath]

Now that this law is passed, unauthorized peer-to-peer filesharing of copyrighted materials will be stopped and we can move on to more important subjects.

Re:Not that bad...

[0x461FAB0BD7D2]

They would have checked out hell, but it's pre-release at the moment.

Personally, I think it's vaporware, and clearly not open-source.

Re:irony

[gowen]

Don't worry. He only has to sign the bill, not to spell or pronounce any of the words in it.

Re:Funny that they stress "Family Entertainment".

[John Harrison]

Have you read the bill, or even the recent /. story that portrayed it in a positive light? All you slashbots just riff off the original post without doing any thinking on your own. This bill has its pros and cons, and some of the pros involve the family.

Re:Not that bad...

[rworne]

Well, the bill allows the editing of "offensive material" from what I've read.

Know what I find offensive?

FBI warnings, MPAA "messages" and commercials on DVDs that I cannot skip or circumvent. Now THAT's offensive.

Using this law, we might be able to get user restrictions removed from DVDs.

Re:Amazing

[Pofy]

>Don't the RIAA/MPAA count damages of $10.000 to
>50.000 for every shared file, in claims against
>file sharers?

Yes, that is due to todays high speed DVD players which can stearm data that is the equivalency to watching 1000 divx movies in the time you watch a typical movie! It is all MPAA math!

Re:Funny that they stress "Family Entertainment".

[drinkypoo]

I'm perfectly happy with this technology so long as it is easy to generate an inverse playlist from their "safe" versions. I want to be able to pop in a DVD and just see the nude/violent scenes.