pressure of the dinosaur media companies
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yeah, protecting intellectual property rights doesn't sit well with
liberals
it's stealing
On Jul 7, 7:37 am, Bruce Majors <majors.br...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Do you like NetFlix for watching movies?
>
> Do you know that if you share your Netflix password in TN you could now
> actually face JAIL TIME?!!?
>
> That's right!
> The Tennessee legislature in conjunction with Governor Haslam bowed to
> pressure of the dinosaur media companies (who probably donated heavily to
> their campaigns) to not only make it a crime to share your password, but
> making the punishment so severe that you could go to jail for doing so.
>
> Do we actually live in a free society?!!
>
> Here are the details of this new law:http://www.tennessean.com/**article/20110602/NEWS/**
> 306020033/Netflix-sharing-**will-crime-TN?odyssey=tab|**
> topnews|text|FRONTPAGE<http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110602/NEWS/306020033/Netflix-sha...>
>
> Now of course no one is disputing that these services and content providers
> need a way to ensure they are not being "ripped off" however traditionally
> these sort of issues simply involved a lawsuit or fine against the
> perpetrators. Actually throwing an individual in jail for this type of
> activity is not only absurd, it's a waste of taxpayer dollars.
>
> To see what other atrocious legislation the government in TN passed this
> session, visit this page which is conveniently sorted by subject:http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/**apps/subjectindex/default.aspx<http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/subjectindex/default.aspx>
>
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