Piracy is worse than child pornography, apparently.

[Elijya]

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31256

Piracy worse than child pornography

Society's new perspectives

By Nick Farrell: Wednesday 26 April 2006, 06:44
THE NEW look Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) seems to be giving the world an unusual moral code.

Details of the upgraded act, which has the blessing of the music and film industry and the Bush administration, are now coming to light. It appears that the DMCA will have a maximum sentence of ten years inside for the crime of software and music piracy. It will also give the FBI the powers to wiretap suspected pirates.

Although sentencing varies in the US, the new law does send a very strange message as to what the government considers 'bad' in the 21st century.

For example assaulting a police officer will get you five years, downloading child porn will get you seven years, assaulting without a weapon will get you ten years and aggravated assault six years.

So in other words if you copy a Disney CD and sell it you will be in the same league as a paedophile who is distributing pictures of sexual attacks on children.

If you copy Craig David's CD you get ten years, but if you punch him in the face and pummel him into a seven day coma you will only get six. You are more likely to get the respect of the prison population with your six year sentence as well.

nice

 

[E. Bison]

Well ain't that a *****!! Guess it's pretty obvious who or WHAT the feds are protecting more nowadays. Since kids can't contribute as much to members of Congress members' relections as music conglomerates can.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

This is absolutely stupid. They're charging us for 10 years in prison because we're stealing from people who already make millions of dollars.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Yes now I can go pummell P Diddy into a coma

 

[Alpha and Omega]

Yes now I can go pummell P Diddy into a coma

I'll give you five bucks and a diet pepsi if you do it.

Don't forget the Ying Yang Twins and Little John.

 

[jaguarr]

I'll give you five bucks and a diet pepsi if you do it.

Don't forget the Ying Yang Twins and Little John.

I got dibs on Federline.

jag

 

[DarthRekal]

I'll give you five bucks and a diet pepsi if you do it.

Don't forget the Ying Yang Twins and Little John.

YYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAHHHH!

 

[Erzengel]

I got dibs on Federline.

jag

Oh so he doesn't have to be an "artist".

 

[Darthphere]

This is pathetic.

 

[jaguarr]

Oh so he doesn't have to be an "artist".

Technically, no, since these record industry A-Holes make money selling "records" by talent-challenged trash like Federline and Ashlee Simpson. E. Bison nailed it square on the nose with his comments. Government has their priorities WAY wrong.

jag

 

[Alpha and Omega]

YYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAHHHH!

I got dibs on Federline.

jag

Fair Enough. I'm going to beat Will I Am until he's unconscious. Then I'm going to download his music and make him listen to it. After the 3rd day of listening to 'My Humps,' I'm sure he'll agree not to ever make anymore music.

Hmmm, I get to beat up a celebrity and get six years of asylum from his bad music. Not bad.

 

[jaguarr]

Fair Enough. I'm going to beat Will I Am until he's unconscious. Then I'm going to download his music and make him listen to it. After the 3rd day of listening to 'My Humps,' I'm sure he'll agree not to ever make anymore music.

Hmmm, I get to beat up a celebrity and get six years of asylum from his bad music. Not bad.

Unless your new "roommate" happens to be a Black-Eyed Peas fan.

jag

 

[Darthphere]

Be right back, im going to go beat up a cop.

 

[Alpha and Omega]

Unless your new "roommate" happens to be a Black-Eyed Peas fan.

jag

Solitary Confinement.

 

[jaguarr]

Solitary Confinement.

"The Hole" may be your only chance at survival.

jag

 

[Darthphere]

"The Hole" may be your only chance at survival.

jag

Go crazy.