I have a riddle for you....

What are the two most Orwellian , worst pieces of law out there? That's right the PATRIOT Act and the DMCA. Now what do you get when you combine them?



Why the Intellectual Property Protection Act. This proposed bill gives wiretapping authority in copyright cases! And how are they justifying that? Because Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says that money from pirated Intellectual Property is being used to "quite frankly, to fund terrorism activities." That's right the terrorists are apparently stealing America's movies, music, and software and then selling it to fund themselves.... I don't know about you but I want to see some kinda proof on this one...

This bill would also "[amend] existing law to permit criminal enforcement of copyright violations even if the work was not registered with the U.S. Copyright Office." Even if it isn't actually copyrighted in this country it still illegal in this country?!?!? No it should be illegal in the country where it is copyrighted and the case should have to be strong enough to warrent extradition.

This bill really saddens me. America's copyright and patent laws are already to broad and restrictive. They are reducing Americans' ability to compete in the world market because we are two afraid of breaking the law and being sued, or now even imprisoned, for trying to invent and innovate.

Please write you Represntative, don't vote for people like Lamar Smith (I'm in his district BTW and he'll definately never get my vote even if I have to run against him myself), and just don't let the RIAA and MPAA run this country like they do today.

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