Easy.. Everybody uninstall the software and burn CDs. Every man, woman, and child Lets see, 300,000,000 in the United States. When arrested, all plea not guilty, demand a lawyer, and ask for a speedy trail. Think the court system will fall apart?
At 08:28 AM 12/3/2002 -0500, you wrote: >The Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act has been >proposed in Congress by a number of Senators. This "law would force all >new personal computers and digital home entertainment devices sold in the >United States to have government-approved 'policeware' built in to >restrict use of copyrighted materials, such as music files, CD's, video >clips, and DVD's, among other things. > >By violating the act (such as burning CD's and listening to MP3's), if it >was passed, you would face up to five years in federal prision and a >$500,000 fine. Removing the policeware would face the same sentence, and >"users of these open-source systems [Linux and FreeBSD] would also be >eligible for hard time," because they would be likely to refuse to >incorporate the policeware. > >www.stoppoliceware.org is fighting to have the CBDTPA struck down in >Congress. If you agree in that the CBDTPA should not be passed, PLEASE >sign the petition at stoppolceware.org. The Web site also gives other ways >to contact Congress to urge them not to pass the act. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
