defend your right to build + use a home-built computer

[apothos]

This bill is so wide reaching it's ridiculous. I doubt very seriously that it will pass in it's current form, I hope to god nothing like this every passes. The good news (maybe) is that it would be completely unenforcable if it did pass. It would cover just about EVERY product made today.

 

[ProviaFan]

Well, I hope it's not too late already, but I sent letters to my senators and representative today. I also hope it does some good.

 

[Robor]

Signed it as well. If you think this is too crazy to pass just remember David McOwen...

Isn't it amazing how the people we elect to represent us so often forget how to do their job?

 

[conjur]

We're having an impact!

 

[kaiotes]

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[dmcowen674]

Thanks Robor, Conjur.

I added to mcowen.com that we are all in the fight together to get congress to represent the people, not Hollywood, Disney and the other Media giants. Yes, I know they are technically citizens too as the Companies are made up of citizens as well but they are going after the ordinary citizen, technology, innovation and progress itself.

 

[dmcowen674]

Since this lost it's sticky and drops like a rock this will be my last post in this thread.
Here is the latest news that a Company paid the RIAA $1 Million out of court rather than fight them in court.


http://www.bayarea.com/mld/bayarea/entertainment/3029974.htm

Recording industry collects $1 million fine
BY SUE ZEIDLER

LOS ANGELES - (Reuters) - Big Brother is listening!

That's the message the recording industry hoped to send on Tuesday by
announcing it had collected $1 million from a company that let employees
swap songs on an internal server.

Arizona-based Integrated Information Systems Inc., which ran a dedicated
server permitting employees to access and distribute thousands of music
files over the company network, agreed to pay the Recording Industry
Association of America (RIAA) $1 million rather than face the music in
court.

The trade group, which represents the major music companies like AOL Time
Warner Inc.'s Warner Music, Bertelsmann AG's BMG, Sony Corp.'s Sony Music,
Vivendi Universal and EMI Group Plc has been on a legal crusade to stamp out
online copyright infringement since successfully hobbling Napster, the
original song-swapping service, with a preliminary injunction last year.