Bush creates intellectual property czar; Lars Ulrich busts a nut in excitement

[AchrisK]

Russia has taken over, lil' wayne.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Downloading music is legal in Canada ftw

more like wtf

So basically copyright does not exist on the Internet in Canada? That makes no sense.

 

[The Ozzman]

More like there's no regulation allowing for prosecution for pirating music

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Why would there need to be? If copyright violation is already illegal there (which I assume it is), how does the Internet suddenly make it impossible to identify or prosecute illegal downloaders? It sounds like they just have some retarded court precedent on the subject.

 

[Lord Kur]

i'm pretty sure it means you can't be prosecuted for it

as in it's legal and there's no law against it

it's an impossible law to effectively enforce, anyway

 

[zabu of nΩd]

I doubt any of us knows enough about Canadian law to say for sure. Maybe cookie can provide us with some links. The fact is that having immunity to copyright law just because you commit the violations over the Internet makes absolutely jackshit worth of sense.

 

[The Ozzman]

I'm pretty sure they can be prosecuted for it, but it's not as public up there since they don't have the RIAA

 

[Lord Kur]

i was just guessing. i don't know anything about this point but i'm eager to learn

 

[Achtland]

Why is Bush still allowed to breathe?

 

[AchrisK]

Because he kills bunnies.

 

[cookiecutter]

I don't know exactly how it's legal, but I assume it's a similar idea to not prosecuting someone for letting their friend borrow their CD and upload it.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

I really have no idea how anyone could consider that wrong. Anyway, this new thing is, as pointed out by my friend, probably unconstitutional.

 

[cookiecutter]

Hasn't stopped him before

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Of course.

 

[waif]

Bush has a scoring system for his bullshit. Points are awarded for stupidity, subtracted for practicality, and there are bonus points for illegality.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

I don't understand how our country is so broken that illegal things pass.

 

[Thoth-Amon]

Yeah! That's what I thought!!!

 

[zabu of nΩd]

I really have no idea how anyone could consider that wrong. Anyway, this new thing is, as pointed out by my friend, probably unconstitutional.

It's all a matter of scale. Of course it's not that big a deal to copy a CD for a friend (probably still illegal, but no one's going to lock you up for that). But what's happening on the Internet is a far cry from that.

I don't understand how our country is so broken that illegal things pass.

That's what the Supreme Court is for. Historically, they've shot down many, many unconstitutional laws. It'd be nice if there were some scandal surrounding usage of the Patriot Act that got brought before the Supreme Court, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to be happening yet.

 

[Zephyrus]

As much I am an advocate for bands' rights to their music, I'd say the government has a fuck ton more priorities at the moment.

 

[cookiecutter]

I think everyone forgot Bush was still in office so he's going to sneak in a few things while everyone's paying attention to the election.