DMCA V2 and you

[Technomage]

Below was typed by a friend of mine who has quite the knack for seeing trends 
detrimental to the rest of us. heeding his words is highly advisable.

I suggest further that folks spread this as widely as possible (IOW, tell your 
friends, co-workers, etc. TELL ANYBODY who will listen!!!).


TMH

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 It will be known as the Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2006. Read 
more here. (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060424-6660.html)

The bottom line is, if this passes, you have no more "Fair use" rights at all. 
It's so serious in fact, that it would be hard not to be guilty of breaking 
this proposed law if you own any sort of media content. (read the article) 
This means your poor parents, or you will be going away for 10 years! per 
infraction. You like to "rip a DVD" to your laptop to save your battery life 
on a trip? Under this new legislation you'll be a criminal, and by their 
reasoning a "terrorist" too? If you're too young, they take your parents away 
in your place.

This is no longer a wait, and see, if the RIAA/MPAA gets their laws thrown out 
for abuse. They're making their new laws even more hostile to consumers.

I suggest a mass boycott (wikipedia) of all "Big Content" when this new law 
passes onto the books. Cancel your Cable TV, and Satellite. Tell them why 
when you cancel your service! Call up the anime redistributors, and make them 
understand that you'll buy no more anime. Tell them about the DMCAv2. Tell 
your friends, and their families. We buy no more DVDs, CDs, or anything while 
this law is on the books. If it stays on the books donate ALL of your DVDs to 
the MPAA, and ALL of your CDs to the RIAA. Even owning them puts your whole 
family at risk.TEN years in prison is not worth your latest episode of Inu 
Yasha.