RIAA Wants To Scrap Anti-Piracy OPEN Act

silentbrad writes with these selections from an article at Ars Technica: "The Recording Industry Association of America found itself in an unusual position this week: opposing an anti-piracy bill that's gaining momentum in Congress ... the RIAA argues the bill won't be effective at shutting down rogue sites. The trade group warns of 'indefinite delays' as claims of infringement are investigated. And it complains that the process envisioned by OPEN would allow for 'endless submissions by parties such as Google,' further gumming up the process. All the while, the alleged rogue site would be able to continue operating. The RIAA also warns that the need to hire an attorney to navigate the ITC's arcane legal process will 'put justice out of reach for small business American victims of IP theft.' The trade group complains that sites aren't held responsible for the infringing activities of their users, a rule the trade group says 'excuses willful blindness and outright complicity in illegal activity.' RIAA also says it's 'virtually impossible' to prove that a site infringed willfully, as OPEN requires."

*Stomps foot*

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

But, but, due process is so Hard!

Re:*Stomps foot*

[mjr167]

But don't you know, all suspects are guilty. Otherwise they wouldn't be suspects.

Re:Oh, boo hoo.

[ackthpt]

You wouldn't be able to arbitrarily control the entire internet under the new model. How terrible.

Philosophy: The law and how it should apply to other people.

We need to bypass law enforcement and courts and go straight to Instant Fine and Imprisonment.

Re:*Stomps foot*

[netwarerip]

... what this tells me (we already know this here) is that it was never about protecting artists, it was never about doing the right thing, it was always about control

And in other breaking news, day follows night, man evolved from Apes, and my wife has another headache.

Re:*Stomps foot*

[ackthpt]

But don't you know, all suspects are guilty. Otherwise they wouldn't be suspects.

And when you no longer hear screaming from the scorpion pit you know everyone is completely cool with it, as they have stopped complaining.

Re:How surprising...

[ae1294]

Call phrase of the RIAA:

"Nuke the internet from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."

Fixed it for you...

Re:*Stomps foot*

[kryliss]

Not just apes but "Damn Dirty Apes!!"

Re:*Stomps foot*

[jamstar7]

We didn't evolve from modern apes, but at some point going back, one of those common ancestor populations would have been things you could call apes.

Today we call them 'right-wing fundamentalist nutjobs' and nobody claims them as kin.