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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 11:21 PM
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the "pirate act"
the screwheads are at it again-orrin hatch and pat leahy introduced a bill thursday that would let the justice dept file civil charges against p2p/file sharers.. they`re after the free flow of info over the net and no one is doing anything about it esp the democrats-every bill that has been introduced has had a major democrat politician co- sponsor. it won`t be long before we are next...more at <http://www.zeropaid.com>-"congress moves to...."
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Streetdoc270 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 11:27 PM
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1. I don't see anything that stops free flow of info...
Just makes it easier to stop the sharing of copyrighted material. You have to take the point of view of a person who makes their living by writing music/code/scripts etc... The 'free flow' of this material makes it harder for them to stay in business.
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