[MichiganMan]

Republican Gov. Bill Haslam told reporters earlier this week that he wasn't familiar with the details of the legislation, but given the large recording industry presence in Nashville, he favors "anything we can do to cut back" on music piracy.

Thats always a good practice to follow when creating new criminal laws.

[eyedigress]

That is a yahoo report. Using a false identity to receive their goods isn’t complicated.

[Frank_2001]

“he wasn’t familiar with the details of the legislation,”
Isn’t familiarity with the details of all new legislation part of your friggin’ JOB DESCRIPTION, Guv?

[bgill]

make it a crime to use a friend's login — even with permission

What, Big Brother is going to be snooping in on private conversations now? How the heck are they going to catch someone using a friend's password and then having to prove it in a court of law? Nope, ain't gonna happen. Not that there's anything Hollyweird puts out that's worth watching.

[Dallas59]

Meanwhile 369 million Chinese laugh their arses off.

[Beaten Valve]

Sounds like a gigantic waste of time.

People who sell stolen credit card numbers are usually out of the reach of US authorities.

I wonder how much money they’ll waste trying to enforce this law?

[bgill]

Name one congressman who read the stimulus bill. They’re all just alike. The next law that’s passed should be to limit bills to a single 8.5” x 11” page with 1” margins in Times Roman 12 font. The would take care of pork and other bs and perhaps they might find time to read the thing before voting.

[Lazamataz]

I’m in favor of the CONCEPT of this law; however, the devil is in the IMPLEMENTATION.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

The bill, which has been signed by the governor, was pushed by recording industry officials

It's amazing how many pieces of bad legislation are being proposed or have been passed into law at the behest of those recording industry officials. Why don't we just cut to the chase and ban computers, digital music and the Internet - maybe that will finally satisfy recording industry officials.

[ShadowAce]