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Hollywood wants to legally "hack" your computer .... Does Prince? AP reports:
Thu Jul 25, 6:32 PM ET
By TED BRIDIS, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Hollywood escalated its fight against Internet trading of movies and music, successfully urging key lawmakers to consider letting the industry use hacker tactics to stop Americans' exchange of songs and films they didn't buy. The broad new legal powers proposed by a congressman [republican Berman] and endorsed quickly by several others would let record and movie studios hack into Americans' personal computers to find illegally shared music and movies. They could also try to disable or interfere with file-swapping programs. It also would let industry use denial-of-service attacks commonly launched by hackers to flood commercial Web sites to knock personal computers offline so they can't trade copyrighted songs and films. [...] To date, the industry has fought illegal trading mainly by suing companies that operated file-sharing networks. But technology has made it possible to decentralize those file-trading networks, allowing users to trade from computer to computer without a service like Napster. The industry currently must trace users individually and persuade the users' Internet providers to pull the plug on violators. It also has resorted to seeding networks with fake files to frustrate people looking for free music. [...] The proposal would lift civil and criminal penalties against entertainment companies for "disabling, interfering with, blocking, diverting or otherwise impairing" the online trading of pirated songs and movies. An attack knocking an Internet user completely offline would not be permitted "except as may be reasonably necessary" to prevent a copyright violation, the bill states. Under the bill, companies would not be required to warn users in advance of their actions. A user wrongly attacked could sue only if he or she suffered more than $250 in economic losses and obtained the U.S. attorney general's permission to file a lawsuit. Burman received at least $186,891 from the entertainment industry during the 2001-2002 election cycle, including $31,000 from The Walt Disney Co. and $28,050 from AOL-Time Warner Inc. Other sponsors of the bill include Reps. Howard Coble, R-N.C.; Lamar Smith, R-Texas; and Robert Wexler, D-Fla. Coble also received significant entertainment industry contributions. The latest effort by Capitol Hill to crack down on Internet copyright violators reflects the industry's fears about the economic losses of such thefts, as improved software and high-speed connections make it easier than ever to trade music and movies online for free. It also represents the frustration with the computer industry's slow-moving efforts to develop technological locks protecting electronic copies of songs and movies. Congressional leaders previously said they preferred to wait for technological solutions before considering new copyright laws. I wonder if Prince would also want to hack his fans computers... You are not my "friend" because you threaten my security. | |
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I should add some corrections to the author's use of words like "theft" and "piracy".
1) theft = taking something AWAY FROM somebody, that doesn't belong to you. 2) downloading/copying = just that... copying, which is not the same as "taking away from"... rather it is the same as "creating" MORE of something that already existed and what belongs to the owner remains to belong to the owner AFTER the copying has taken place. Thus copying does not equal "theft". 3) REAL "piracy" takes place when copies are being SOLD or when the copier somehow makes a profit off of it...that is why it is called "piracy"... "pirates" are out to profit. Piracy is not when a file is traded or shared and no money changes hands or is made in some way... Nevertheless copying and distributing loads of copyrighted works on a public filesharing network without permission = large copyright infringement and is thus highly illegal. and I should add...: don't take this as legal advice in anyway... - [This message was edited Fri Jul 26 15:26:52 PDT 2002 by Abrazo] You are not my "friend" because you threaten my security. | |
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Abrazo said: Burman received at least $186,891 from the entertainment industry during the 2001-2002 election cycle, including $31,000 from The Walt Disney Co. and $28,050 from AOL-Time Warner Inc. Other sponsors of the bill include Reps. Howard Coble, R-N.C.; Lamar Smith, R-Texas; and Robert Wexler, D-Fla. Coble also received significant entertainment industry contributions. And the winner in this year's election is...(drum roll) once again: the almighty dollar "bill". Please, don't forget to tip your congressman on the way out. | |
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mrchristian said: Abrazo said: Burman received at least $186,891 from the entertainment industry during the 2001-2002 election cycle, including $31,000 from The Walt Disney Co. and $28,050 from AOL-Time Warner Inc. Other sponsors of the bill include Reps. Howard Coble, R-N.C.; Lamar Smith, R-Texas; and Robert Wexler, D-Fla. Coble also received significant entertainment industry contributions. And the winner in this year's election is...(drum roll) once again: the almighty dollar "bill". Please, don't forget to tip your congressman on the way out. 
You would wonder what "God" would think about that... considering he is on that dollar "bill"... heh... You are not my "friend" because you threaten my security. | |
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really people...
this is a serious issue. What would prince do if Hollywood got his way? er i mean if hollywood got their way. [This message was edited Fri Jul 26 15:46:31 PDT 2002 by Abrazo] You are not my "friend" because you threaten my security. | |
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Oh..okay...
I see that no American on this site so far really cares about people hacking in their computers. You are not my "friend" because you threaten my security. | |
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Abrazo said: really people...
this is a serious issue. What would prince do if Hollywood got his way? er i mean if hollywood got their way. [This message was edited Fri Jul 26 15:46:31 PDT 2002 by Abrazo] I didn't know hollywood was a man? " could I be... the most beautiful man in the world! plain to see, i"m the reason that God made a man!"UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN GRADUATE! VERY PRESTIGIOUS! | |
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we already Live in a Clone Society in so many ways.and the Powers that Be want to Control what you Listen to&Like.they want to Stop it now because it effects more of the Pop Culture but back in the day when NWA,etc.. was being Dubbed&Passed along in School Yards that was cool.but if you are touching be it Eminem or Tom Crusie,etc.. they want to say You can't do that?as for Prince? the Old Prince during the Warner Years I don't think He cared because He was able to Play it off as a Leak.but nowadays He cares because He is handling things Himself&He knows what time it is? mistermaxxx | |
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