Posted on 04/08/2010 12:34:11 PM PDT by day21221
Something I've heard Airport Customs already can do (and it includes searching for illegal mp3 downloads).
Anything tied to the WTO and the UN is never good....the Liberal Globalists may feel otherwise.....but I do not want the WTO or UN involved in anything in the USA
Republicans should come out strong against this... but I doubt they will... corporate america will want it...
Internet license, coming to your future soon, comrade.
Because nothing is going to force the corrupt Ahmet Engums of the world who ran the Atlantic Records of this world to actually PAY the Ruth Browns and Sam & Daves of this world. It's business. Collect money off other peoples' efforts and get rich. Settle after decades of lawsuits later.
Big Media is a powerful lobbying group.
How can they tell if an MP3 was illegally downloaded or not?
Would the Bible fall under a copyright protected document? Any way the government could regulate that?
Maybe everything should become public domain after some reasonable length of time. I would hate to export our IP mess into a global mess.
And of course the government would NEVER impart any viruses, spyware, or upload your private information...
There are embedded names in some of the files.
And itune purchases would look different than ripped CD files.
Ultimately the authorities will charge first and let you fight it later.
Recall you are in an international travel and the “innocent until proven guilty” world of America is not universal.
“Would the Bible fall under a copyright protected document? Any way the government could regulate that?”
Actually, yes it is and yes they could.
Intellectual property law is already about as corrupt constitutionally as the “health care reform” bill: the enumerated power under which Congress can pass patent and copyright laws reads
“To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.”
It says nothing about securing exclusive rights to commercial interests who neither wrote nor invented anything, nor to literary or scientific estates. The perpetual extensions of copyright terms make a mockery of “for limited Times”. And, objectively, the main effects of current patent and copyright law is to impede progress in science and the useful arts by making derivative works nearly impossible within the law, despite the supposed recognition of fair use.
Could Saudi customs search your computer for an encrypted or zipped Bible text?
That's what I was afraid of. I think we all have a pretty good idea where all things go from this point forward.
It’s just an excuse for a fishing expedition.
"All the big music sellers may have moved to non-DRM MP3 files long ago, but the watermarking of files with your personal information continues. Most users who buy music dont know about the marking of files, or dont care. Unless those files are uploaded to BitTorrent or other P2P networks, there isnt much to worry about. A list of which music services are selling clean MP3 files without embedded personal information, and which arent, is here. Apple, LaLa (owned by Apple) and Walmart embed personal information. Amazon, Napster and the rest have resisted label pressure to do so. ..."
Would that our own gov't felt this way.
I would imagine they could, but that's not my ultimate concern. My thought is that some sort of copyright protection deal including the Bible would eventually lead to the government strictly controlling who has access to the text and who doesn't. I know it sounds crazy, but it also sounded crazy 2 years ago that we would have a government in place that doesn't give a crap about what we think, take over the HC system, etc. Things aren't lookin' good for us fellas.
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