On first read of this proposed legislation I thought it was a parody and someone was pulling a sick joke. But unfortunately a clueless legislators who has gotten some serious campain donations from the sponsors.
I get tired of having to get up on my soap box but I must and will until this madness is brought to a halt. Dan Gillmor sums it up perfectly:
“This bill, the stated purpose of which is to criminalize actions that might “induce” copyright infringement, doesn’t just overrule the Sony Betamax case, which gave us the right to tape TV shows to watch later. It would turn people offering totally legitimate technology into criminals, if what they offered could also be used for infringing purposes.”
The EFF has written up an example complaint that is on Gillmor’s site that could be submitted if this legislation makes it to the floor of congress. I encourage your to read Dan Gillmor’s article he has links to the Elected Officials we need to write to this time.
Folks won’t be long before we will have to swipe our debit cards thru our multi-media devices to listen to music we have paid for or to watch TV thru the set we purchased along with the monster cable bill we have to pay every month. Think I’m joking don’t you know their are associations out their that want just that. [Dan Gillmor]