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"Hooray, another bill. Bye iPod, then."

Ok, so an over-reaction, but it's not far off, really.

[URL]http://wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64297,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1[/URL]

God. Damn. Congress.

Microchips wrote:
> I, er, don't share music, I just, er, "receive" it, from,
> er, "friends".

i simply download it from kazaa :p

Ban DVD players, VCRs and Television then.

The fools.

Hmm.. I didn't think Sony were for it.

Basically, they want to do something about the P2P networks, but this is definitely the wrong method.

Surely Sony aren't for this? Sony Music must own a big slice of the entertainment industry and Sony also make vast amounts of money from Video and DVD recorders, Minidisc and new MP3 technology.

They'd just be shooting themselves in the foot if they joined up!

Bah.

I, er, don't share music, I just, er, "receive" it, from, er, "friends".

The networks would be affected no doubt, but they would survive. Hell, even with the scare stories of the RIAA sueing fairly conservative sharers you still get a load of people doing it.

Hmm.. if it passes, we're still fooked.

I mean, look at this way... what majority of P2P networks are programmed and based here in the UK?

What % of them are US-led...

Bah.

No doubt a few of the senators are donations from the RIAA, but i still dont think it will go through. Even if it does, as long as the equivalent isnt passed here we can sleep soundly at night.

The head of the RIAA is forcing this through, a number of Senator's are also in support.


The thing is, the way it's worded is disturbing- it can be taken to say that any device that can play/record copied music can be put under attack- MP3 playes, CD/DVD burners, HDD's etc.

*gulp*

Hopefully, it won't pass, but it's supposedly as random as The Patriot Act, and that was passed. :/