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Title: Piracy worse than child pornography
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The Inquirer(No that's Enquirer)
URL Source: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31256
Published: Apr 26, 2006
Author: Nick Farrell:
Post Date: 2006-04-26 15:12:49 by The 7th MJS2U2
Keywords: None
Views: 94
Comments: 5
THE NEW look Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) seems to be giving the world an unusual moral code. Details of the upgraded act, which has the blessing of the music and film industry and the Bush administration, are now coming to light. It appears that the DMCA will have a maximum sentence of ten years inside for the crime of software and music piracy. It will also give the FBI the powers to wiretap suspected pirates. Although sentencing varies in the US, the new law does send a very strange message as to what the government considers 'bad' in the 21st century. For example assaulting a police officer will get you five years, downloading child porn will get you seven years, assaulting without a weapon will get you ten years and aggravated assault six years. So in other words if you copy a Disney CD and sell it you will be in the same league as a paedophile who is distributing pictures of sexual attacks on children. If you copy Craig David's CD you get ten years, but if you punch him in the face and pummel him into a seven day coma you will only get six. You are more likely to get the respect of the prison population with your six year sentence as well.
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#1. To: The 7th MJS2U2 (#0)
Indietx--> We are becoming more fascist by the day. Of course we all know the CrimnalJusticeSystemComplex exists to create cash flow for its "shareholders..." So new freedom destroying laws on top of the freedom destroying laws we alreay have are not surprising. Display your fringed flag..today! If you come to jail, be sure it's for something violent. Girly man criminals are not "well received" on our block. Got it? Yo. Ding Dong Man. Yo. Ding Dong. Yo. ;-)
copy Craig David's CD you get ten years, but if you punch him in the face and pummel him into a seven day coma you will only get six. You are more likely to get the respect of the prison population with your six year sentence as well.
-- Tyrone {Queen of the South Cellblock}
#2. To: IndieTX (#1)
Welcome to the New World Order. From this point forward all of your actions will be monitored and punishment handed down accordingly. Be good slaves.
#3. To: freefighter66 (#2)
hi, freefighter, welcome to 4!
"Of the corporate elites, by the corporate elites, for the corporate elites" - it's what America is all about. Now send your kids off to fight and die in Iraq so that corporate pigs get everything and we get nothing. What else have we ever fought for?~~Elliott J
#4. To: freefighter66 (#2)
Or, live free or die.
Be good slaves.
God is always good!
"It was an interesting day." - President Bush, recalling 9/11 [White House, 1/5/02] More and more of our imports come from overseas. - George W. Bush
#5. To: freefighter66 (#2)
It has definitely materialized in all its obscene splendor.. Welcome!
Welcome to the New World Order.
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