House passes bill that will let the RIAA take away your home for downloading music - Boing Boing

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boingboing.net — <snip>Glenn sez, I was just alerted that the House of Reps has passed HR 4279, with the lovely name, PRO-IP (Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008). Like the doublespeak PATRIOT Act and Peacekeeper missiles, P

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  1. I want to know if it's my Republican Congressmen doing this or is it the Democrats. I believe in open source. The government doing this is wrong because it cannot pass fair judgment on all who break this new law. So they will punish the few, to scare the many, to enforce the law. Just leave our music alone.

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