U.S. To Spend Millions Fighting...You
 

your tax dollars at work.

the united states is poised to start handing over hundreds of millions of dollars to fight so-called cyber terrorism which, according to lawmakers, includes such desperate acts of unspeakable evil as the trading of songs and movies (gee, how'd that get in the bill?). while you may be boycotting the riaa and other adversaries of free thought by not buying their products, they're getting your money anyway...and then some, whistling to the tune of a billion dollars - and they've got big plans to use it against you! all bush has to do is sign and it's a done deal. critics charge corporate welfare. viva la g.o.p.!

g.u.l.p.

- js.

“$233 million for research grants in nine security-related areas. They include cryptography, privacy, wireless security, and "enhancement of law enforcement ability to detect, investigate and prosecute cybercrimes, including those that involve piracy of intellectual property."

A few quotes from… openp2p.com (warning: clean with ad-aware after viewing)

www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2002/03/08/media.html

“The movie and music studios are tightening their grip on the Internet. Their tools are lawsuits, laws such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the even more constricting Security Systems Standards and Certification Act (SSSCA) that is now in the House, and a general atmosphere of intimidation.”

“They wish to bring innovation to a halt and to substitute a counterfeit innovation: a regime in which the only lawful chip, or disk, or operating system, or application is one that processes particular formats and enforces particular access rules they set down.”

“Now is the time to break free from 20th century media. How many significant and lasting pop songs have been released by major studios in the past 25 years? The number of worthwhile movies is probably even fewer. Broadcast and subscription media alike are coalescing around a grand marketplace that offers anything that young, affluent, white Americans enjoy. Coming under the control of fewer and fewer media moguls (no insult to any religious group is intended by that phrase), these industries are close to rigor mortis.”

Ever been kicked by a dinosaur with rigor mortis?

:SP: :doh: