On Wednesday 16 May 2007 17:27, Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 05:23:32PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> > On Wednesday 16 May 2007 13:07, Chad Perrin wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 09:16:13AM -0400, William Coulter wrote:
> > > > Doesn't this whole thing sound like the RIAA stuff. They are going
> > > > after there customers and still making money. Yes, they are hated
> > > > but so is MS. People still buy CDs and MP3s from itunes. People
> > > > still buy office and Vista. Well, maybe not Vista but at least
> > > > office. Take a look at this article. I think that it is related
> > > > because it "could" imply that programing around the copyright is a
> > > > copyright infringement.
> > > >
> > > > William
> > > >
> > > > Gonzales proposes new crime: 'Attempted' copyright infringement
> > > > http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9719339-7.html
> > >
> > > I saw that yesterday. It's starting to look like I'll have to move to
> > > be a software developer. I guess government just *really* wants to
> > > destroy the domestic software industry.
> >
> > Chad,
> >
> > Upon reading that article, I thought it was a joke. I expected to see an
> > April 1 publication date. Upon finishing the article, I still thought it
> > was a joke. Then I downloaded the PDF of the law, and it's not a joke.
> >
> > One would think that with the whole US attorney firing scandal, Gonzales
> > would have bigger fish to fry than pandering to hollywood. But noooo.
> >
> > I'll be writing my senators and congress critters about this.
>
> When you do so, you might want to mention that letting something like
> this happen would be likely to induce the entire software industry in
> their constituency to vote with their feet, moving to Canada where
> writing and selling software for a living isn't effectively illegal.
Help me understand -- how does this law adversely affect software development
any more than it adversely affects everything else? My main objection so far
is that it's arbitrary, overly broad, and draconian.
SteveT
Steve Litt
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