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  • admin
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    • Nov 2001
    • 8917

    Hollywood receives even more help from Capitol Hill

    The US Senate is introducing a bill, titled the "Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act", which the MPAA says will help protect "one of our nation's most important industries".

    While the spirit of bi-partisanship is pretty much dead in Washington for most matters vital for the country, at least on the issue of online piracy, for which both parties have been the target of intense lobbying actions, there is some unity. The bill was introduced by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) and senior Republican member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah).

    The bill plans to give the Justice Department even more power in pursuing websites suspected of providing copyright content without permission. These powers even include the ability to block credit card payments and advertising on these allegedly illegal websites

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  • admin
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    • Nov 2001
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    #2
    Just wanted to add that the MPAA's strategy is to make copyright infringement a criminal offence, rather than just a civil one, as it would mean the government and law enforcement would be in charge of dealing with it, as opposed to themselves. It's all about the $$$
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    • admin
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      • Nov 2001
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      #3
      87 pioneers of the Internet and prominent engineers have written an open letter urging Senators not to support the "Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act", saying that the bill amounts to censorship and will at the very least cause serious harm to the domain name system that the Internet relies on if domains can be blocked by the government.

      (Update: we've added a few engineers who asked to sign on right as the letter was going out; the final count is 96 signatures) Today, 87 prominent Internet engineers sent a joint letter the US Senate Judiciary Committee, declaring their opposition to the "Combating Online Infringement and...
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      • admin
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        • Nov 2001
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        #4
        The EFF has had a minor victory, as the Senate Judiciary Committee has decided to delay consideration for the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act.

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        • doctorhardware
          Lord of Digital Video
          Lord of Digital Video
          • Dec 2006
          • 1907

          #5
          The government does not enforce the laws that are on the books now. So why pass more laws, when the government will not enforce the immigration laws now. But that industry has very deep pockets. Money talks and BS walks. These copyright laws will be enforced.
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          • admin
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            • Nov 2001
            • 8917

            #6
            Originally Posted by admin
            The EFF has had a minor victory, as the Senate Judiciary Committee has decided to delay consideration for the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act.

            http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/sec...es-IP-Bill.htm
            The reprieve was only temporary, as the committee has now approved the bill via a 19-0 vote.

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            • admin
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              • Nov 2001
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              #7
              MPAA's boss tries to explain why Internet censorship is good for America with an open letter, and Techdirt debunks the letter paragraph by paragraph:

              A bunch of folks sent over MPAA interim CEO Bob Pisano’s incredibly misleading defense of the COICA censorship bill written recently for TheHill.com. It’s amazing how many misleading or…


              The MPAA is a danger to democracy!
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              • doctorhardware
                Lord of Digital Video
                Lord of Digital Video
                • Dec 2006
                • 1907

                #8
                The only question will the government wake up to the lies that the MPAA is telling. It is very obvious that the government officials are getting nicely paid by MPAA. So this law will be a done deal and will be strictly enforced. And the laws that on the books like immigration will fall by the wayside.
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                • admin
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                  • Nov 2001
                  • 8917

                  #9
                  Well, there's at least one senator that has some common sense, it seems. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has put a hold on the bill, meaning it can't be introduced until the next time Congress convenes, which won't be this year. Earlier, he explained why he opposed the bill:

                  Originally Posted by Senator Ron Wyden
                  Deploying this statute to combat online copyright infringement seems almost like using a bunker-busting cluster bomb, when what you need is a precision-guided missile.
                  The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act passed unanimously through the Senate Judiciary Committee this Thursday, but fortunately didn't get much further. Oregonian Senator Ron Wyden exercised his power to place a hold on pending legislation to stop the bill from traveling to the senate floor, saying that Deploying this statute to combat online copyright infringement seems almost like using a bunker-busting cluster bomb, when what you need is a precision-guided missile. His hold will prevent the bill passing out of committee this year; proponents of the bill will have to wait until the next time Congress convenes, and then try to reintroduce the measure.
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