25 Sep 2004
Conservative group savages anti-P2P bill

It's refreshing to see conservatives actually acting like conservatives for a change. But it's depressing that they have to resort to current political sloganerrring to do it:

"This is the Hollywood liberals trying to crush innovation," said ACU deputy director Stacie Rumenap. "What's sad is that they've got Republicans on their side." A Senate committee vote on the bill is scheduled for Thursday.

Of course, the real push for this kind of idiotic legislation isn't coming from "Hollywood liberals" - it's coming from huge media conglomerates: the kind of corporations whose executives traditionally support Republican causes. But we couldn't say that, now could we?

Political wrangling over a copyright bill that could imperil some MP3 players heats up in the Senate before a vote next Thursday.

(link) [CNET News.com]

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