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Great Bush, GREAT!

Basically destroying free speech on the net by deep packet inspection and suing people for downloading illegally for up to 2 MILLIONS of dollars, what the [censored] with the amount? No one in the middle class is able to pay that.

o-o

Damn. I'm not too big of a pirater, but I do enough of it when I don't want to spend my hard earned cash on an iffy movie, or spend a hundred on that anime I've been wanting to watch. But, even still, I doubt they'll prosecute me, but if they do, it could ruin my life for freaking ever. I can't afford two million dollars! I'm a poor college student!

Geez... *sigh* Now I have to find a better way to get stuff. They'll likely crack down on the major/easy to find sites first...

Damn you Washington and your internet ignorance.

They are probably desperate because the economy sucks. With this act, they would be able to seize your house because there's a illegally downloaded CD in it without a warrant.

Of course they'd do it. There's a national debt crisis and they want your money.

Problem is they have to prove it's illegally downloaded. I have plenty of CD's that are now burned cause I had the original lost, stolen, or damaged. That and I rip every CD I own onto my computer...they don't really have any way of proving you haven't purchased the song either as a physical copy or digitally off of itunes or something. *shrugs* They'd have to catch you in the act I assume.

Not really. In fact, the act of perusing the people responsible would most likely cost more money than it would even raise, because people like Kilroy here don't have 2 million dollars.

"Kevin! We know you are in there with mad pirated hax rommed music! Give as 2 million!"
"Ummm.. I don't have money! I have student loans and debt! Would you like my debt!?"

Haven't you heard? The RIAA says CD ripping is illegal.

EDIT: Music labels say it's fine but the RIAA says it's not. http://www.electronista.com/articles/07 ... d.ripping/

So... in order to fix this debt, they're going to rape one of the economy's youngest members? Seriously, the highest value thing I own is my totaled car, adding my assets to the pot would be like giving a beggar a penny. While it technically makes him richer, your still doing nothing. I was gonna get some movies for a friend, but I doubt I'll do it now. Sorry Charles, I like my future a bit too much.

That's why they do it with millions of ya.

Okay, so they're going to hunt me down and sue me for what little I have when they can take down one of the major pirating websites for so much more? Beyond that, if they do this, they will effectively remove me from the economy, seeing as I'm going to have to declare bankruptcy if they sue me for more than the worth of my car, which I know they're going to do if they so choose to sue me in the first place.

So, now that I can't buy a house and I can't get a car that hasn't been through Big Al, I'm essentially screwed. I know I won't be able to get any student loans if I need them either. So, I'm going to have to live forever on my salary as an office chimp at best. I'm not going to be able to help with the economy, in fact, by suing me, I'm more likely to eventually become a burden, living off the government. In essence, this will only make things WORSE than they already are.

At least that's how I foresee this going.

I've heard of the act but I admittedly haven't read it.

The problem with "hunting" internet sites is the internet isn't defined geographically, so they can't really prosecute people with real efficiency there. As for hunting down individual pirates this doesn't make much sense either. the RIAA HAS brought some people to court but only to make an example of them (1 disc costing someone as much as $300,000 in a settlement) but that is because it is easier to scare people than to expend the resources and not get that much out of it (lets face it most pirates aren't rich).

A bit like squeezing blood from a stone. I see this more as rattling the saber than actually making a move to stomp out piracy.

This is just... ridiculous, in lack of a better word. And maybe using this to pay debts? Makes it even worse.
They're shooting birds with bazookas. Hit one and the rest will just fly faster.

Sure, downloading and sharing music etc. is illegal, but it's always been there and I doubt it's going to change if they start flushing out some poor individuals caught on their radar :|

Wow, this is downright crazy. No one who has to pirate anything has any money to spare! Which makes it seem more like a scare tactic, but still.
I wonder if Bush has made it a goal to be the first president with a negative approval rating...

They would inspect your internet packets before and with that they are able to prove you are guilty.



Bush wants to raise his rating with the companies, so he sucks up to them(like Big Content and all the forms of medias that want pirates bent. And probably at the same time deal with the economy issue.

Also the damn thing was signed under everyone's noses, and those supposing to represent the people DON'T, bills that no one can pay with a multiple-lifes work, how is that representing the middle class?

GAH and I was missing a season of House T_T. Ugh I hate Bush more now. I heard something about this a while back (when it was still in the house) but I now cant believe that it passed and became a law. UGH I dont have any money to buy music T_T. Looks like I am going to have to go back to recording youtube again T_T I hated doing that and im gonna have to start again...RAGH! I HATE YOU BUSH! YOU RAPE MY INTERWEBS!

lol anyone want to move to Canada and get away from this crazy man we elected to president TWICE. I want my house season 3 T_T