DEMS WANT 5 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SHARING ONE SONG?
Am I reading this right? Seems like Hatch's idea of destroying PC's should now be embraced as completely reasonable. Then again, that's the idea with all these outrageous trial baloons. What seemed nuts before becomes tomorrow's law.
The Conyers-Berman bill would operate under the assumption that each copyrighted work made available through a computer network was copied by others at least 10 times for a total retail value of $2,500. That would bump the activity from a misdemeanor to a felony, carrying a sentence of up to five years in jail.
You shared with ten friends...they shared with ten friends...then they shared with ten friends...and so on...and so on...
Soon each man, woman and child in the world will be charged with owing the RIAA $2.5 million in "damages" to go with their life in prison. Here's an idea for the lawyers: Propose that Australia become the official RIAA prison island. It's clearly the only efficient solution -- as long as the continent is cut off from the Internet.