Bush Signs PRO-IP Act Into Law

[Tribalcast]

This article was taken from:
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/13/bush-signs-pro-ip-act-into-law/

Article was by James Ransom-Wiley Oct 13th 2008 8:00PM

In a bid to avoid the lowest presidential approval rating in 70 years*, President Bush signed the PRO-IP Act into law today. While not quite on par with, say, an ultimate solution to the world economic crisis, the law will create new jobs, er, one new job: The Intellectual Property Czar.

Backed by the RIAA and MPAA, the PRO-IP Act has drawn criticism for its potential for extreme punishment. In its proposed state, the act could grant the government permission to seize all computers and compatible devices from a home if a single, pirated MP3 was discovered on one of the machines. So, about that approval rating ...

For a complete analysis of the PRO-IP Act as it applies to gaming, check out the latest at:

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/10/lgj-the-pro-ip-act-and-gaming/

 

[theliverevolution]

goodness. this will really kill both the consumers and the producers. i mean, if now even one track is going to penalise you, then everyone's going broke.

about that

"illegal" downloading has actually made it fairly profitable for the music industry. Why I say so is because people tend to like a CD and get it the legal method (i.e buy the CD, pay for the download via iTunes, etc) or at least spread it by word of mouth and other people will know that the band rocks (or sucks. It can go either way)
The greatest irony is that the more piracy is rife, the more the music industry tends to flourish for some WEIRD reason. Maybe not so much the case in Singapore where pirates are also rife.

For me, I always make it a rul that any good album i download has to be bought in CD format (cause I prefer using my own codec then the ones i download. works better with my player) and any lousy album will be thrown

for some reason, this starts to remind me of the ODEX thing that happened sometime last year...

 

[dir]

There has been a lot of proof that P2P/filesharing has a lot of benefits for the music artists and companies. (jorge cortell, lessig)

While i'm not for total elimination of IP, I do realise that due to the Internet, the concept of IP is actually detrimental to society and culture will have to suffer for the the profit of a few mega-corporations.

 

[widdly]

GW Bush has be shown to be a music pirate previously...

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/04/16/gw-bushs-ipod-contai.html

So technically the RIAA/MPAA/copright nazi's could seize all HIS computers and ipods.

 

[theliverevolution]

the RIAA is one heck of a in my opinion. Pratically every software u see that plays music (iTunes, WMP, etc) all cmoes with the ability to rip music.

must as well go after Apple and Microsoft to stop them from distributing such software

 

[Against The Enemy]

A Bad Storm's coming....and heck p2p is helping a lot...at least we can preview albums before buying...you know...sometimes being disappointed after buying the album...consisting only of 2 good songs and fillers...

 

[Tribalcast]

Adds more reason for Bush to get out of office. Oops. I've said to much.

 

[gutturalpiss]

This was inevitable. Those of us who know the consequences are always quick to offer comments, not actions. As such, we will always keep complaining while watching our own asses being hooked up in the gutter.

I am sick and tired of all this Copyright and IP shebang. They even have seminars, courses, where you pay to get that so-called knowledge to restrict the freedom of consumers and build a stable and sustaining monetary framework for elite corporates. It's bad enough that I have to attend things like this myself, but I always prepare questions for the speaker which never receive proper answers - it's often disguised as if I'm the one asking a stupid question.

Please help yourselves and boycott the system (in a reasonable manner; separating physical property rights from intangible or "virtual" ones). A very good read for understanding the true purpose(s) of Intellectual Property: http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/not-ipr.xhtml