Posted on 10/13/2008 6:37:54 PM PDT by Santa Fe_Conservative
President Bush on Monday signed into law an intellectual-property enforcement bill that would consolidate federal efforts to combat copyright infringement under a new White House cabinet position.
The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act establishes within the executive branch the position of intellectual property enforcement coordinator, who will be appointed by the president.
The law also steepens penalties for intellectual-property infringement, and increases resources for the Department of Justice to coordinate for federal and state efforts against counterfeiting and piracy. The so-called Pro-IP Act passed unanimously in the Senate last month and received strong bipartisan support in the House.
The Bush administration initially expressed its opposition to the legislation, but one of its more contentious provisions, which would have allowed the Justice Department to pursue civil litigation against copyright infringers, was removed.
The RIAA voiced its support for the bill. "This bill truly is music to the ears of all those who care about strengthening American creativity and jobs," Mitch Bainwol, chairman and chief executive of the RIAA, said in a statement.
Oh brother...big brother I mean...
I wonder if the idiot even knew what he signed.
....until 4 months into the Obama presidency.
Looks like the RIAA got a good return on their investment.
Crap. This is probably riddled with loopholes for all sorts of stuff P2Pers have been fighting against for years.
It seems, whenever I ping both of you guys, it’s always bad news?...
Okay, you got me. This is another satire post, right?
And this is a bad thing because...?
LMAO!!
With the kind of crap today being passed off as “music” someone would have to put a gun to my head and make me download it.
The way the RIAA has operated is through third-party enforcers. An individual shows up at a bar, with ID, and askes to see your licensing for all the music you are playing. For example, at a friends bar, she playing CDs she had purchased legally on a stereo she had purchased legally, and ended up paying RIAA $20,000 to clear up the legal mess. The guy with the ID got 10% of the take.
Unconstitutional. Executive orders. Fair use. Utter unconstitional rubbish bought by Big Media.
And don’t expect the creators or their heirs to see a dime from this.
Yet another reason to dj from vinyl. They are too dumb to know when something is a grey market repress or licensed reissue. But computers they know.
The RIAA threw a massive party at the DNC convention in Denver. New boss will be the same as the old boss.
IF Obama DOES win, the final major act that President Bush should do is surrender the presidential claim to executive orders (it was approved in wartime and should never have lasted this long).
If nothing else, let the bastard (and yes Barack is a bastard by birth since his father was a bigamist) go without executive orders to burden us.
I just don’t like the sound of this-—
Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator
I will quit buy CDs and DVDs.
You have to pay public performance fees. That's been around a long time, long before ipods or CDs.
I have no problem with people being paid for the use of the things they create. I didn't know that was suddenly considered a non-conservative idea.
Well, the sound of it isn't important. It's what it IS which is important, and what it is is the opposite of all these socialists who think that making a work of art or entertainment--as I do--doesn't entitle you to profits from your work, but that it's "everyone's" to enjoy.
Like hell it is.
So we cannot protect against foreign invasion from Mexico by 20 million "citizens" who are encouraged to vote here and in Mexico. We cannot protect against the Mexican military escorting drug smugglers into the US. We cannot protect against terrorist threats both foreign and domestic.
But we CAN establish a new criminal investigation branch to exclusively target those making illegal copies of music, movies, games, etc.
Bread and circuses. Have to work to have money for bread and circuses.
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