Other Tech the Senate Would Have Banned 264
An anonymous reader writes "A few weeks ago, Senators Patrick Leahy and Orrin Hatch introduced the 'Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act' (COICA) bill, which was discussed here on Slashdot. The main part of the bill would allow the Justice Department to shut down websites that it deems are 'dedicated to infringing activities,' without a trial (due process is so old fashioned). Of course, in reviewing the bill, it's important to note that pretty much every new technology in the entertainment industry over the last century was deemed 'dedicated to infringing activities,' so here's a list of all of the technologies COICA would have banned in the past, including Hollywood itself, radio, cable television, the photocopier, the iPod and more."
Don't worry (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe we should ask a lawyer... (Score:1, Funny)
In the end they are just senators it's not like they know anything about law work, oh wait Senator Patrick Leahy got his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and Senator Orrin Hatch got his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh Law School. Well they are both lawyers so I guess we shouldn't question them on this.
Re:Photocopying machines (Score:5, Funny)
Not sure how it would work but I hear they're thinking about putting seatbelts on Segways now.
"too soon" be damned...
Re:Photocopying machines (Score:5, Funny)
Who would fund the creation of new recipes if everyone shared them freely? Without copyright protection, we'd all be eating gray sludge fortified with nutrients.
Re:Photocopying machines (Score:5, Funny)
Not sure how it would work but I hear they're thinking about putting parachutes on Segways now.
Fixed!
Re:Photocopying machines (Score:4, Funny)
Who would fund the creation of new recipes if everyone shared them freely? Without copyright protection, we'd all be eating gray sludge fortified with nutrients.
This is all the body needs.
Re:Photocopying machines (Score:4, Funny)
Not sure how it would work but I hear they're thinking about putting "idiot detectors" on Segways now.
Fixed!
FTFFY (Fixed that fix for you.)
Strat
QUICK someone ban the HUMAN BRAIN! (Score:3, Funny)
As it turns out in a recent study the human brain can be used with the assistance of Vision, Touch, Auditory, Olfactory, and Taste organs to duplicate all manor of infringing copyrighted/patented technologies!
We should JUST BAN THE BRAIN!
O wait... congress has apparently already done that!