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.
>
>
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