29th June, 2004
Do it for the kids.
Note: my Internet connection has been down the past couple of days so I’m posting this a bit late.
I’m in a pissy mood today, thanks to having to deal with Gateway’s moronic technical support policies. In a nutshell, it now takes 3x as long to get a friggin’ parts replacement. It’s no wonder they’re cutting staff and losing money hand over fist.
But I digress. Via too many sources to list, comes word of two separate acts (the PIRATE Act and the Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act) that Senators Orrin Hatch and Patrick Leahy – who are most definitely not bought and paid for by the entertainment industry – are trying to rush through the system. If enacted, kiss your fair use rights goodbye and bid farewell to innovation. The EFF has an excellent example of how Apple, Toshiba and C.net could be sued back to the stone age under such legislation.
Despite his monetary ties to Big Entertainment, Sen. Hatch is still claiming that this is all being done to protect children from the evil temptation of technology. Say it with me, kids: riiiight.
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