01 Apr 2004
House panel approves copyright bill

I think this could best be characterized as moving in the exact wrong direction. We need to loosen copyright restrictions if we are to survive as a culture, not tighten them.

A House of Representatives panel approves a sweeping new copyright bill that would boost penalties for peer-to-peer piracy and increase federal police powers against Internet copyright infringement.

(link) [CNET News.com]

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