[Kosh]

Well, that post was pretty ominous - but Big Content? Never heard of it, so I don't quite get the context of the article. What do they do?

It's a reference to content providers that don't like these new technologies (especially file sharing) that have appeared over the past few years.

[Ford Prefect]

America sucks.

America love you long time. Fifteen dollar.

[WMCoolmon]

• Says copyright holders can impound "records documenting the manufacture, sale or receipt of items involved in" infringements.

What the hell? Since when did record companies become law enforcement?

[TheCaptain]

So I guess, by RIAA standards, I'm breaking the law by transferring music using iTunes...?

And Apple are accessories to the crime, by applying the program to allow me to transfer legally-obtained music onto an mp3 device? Or has this at least been accepted by the stooges as an 'appropriate practice'?

[Unknown Target]

So any updates on the case?

[Turambar]

Such changes are necessary because new technology is "encouraging large-scale criminal enterprises to get involved in intellectual-property theft," Gonzales said, adding that proceeds from the illicit businesses are used, "quite frankly, to fund terrorism activities."

where do the lobbyists live?

i can really only see one way to get rid of them, with a very sharp object and a shovel.  and make it so that it frightens everyone so that they never lobby again.  the lobbyists are the biggest problem, but they have money, so theyre impossible to weed out.  our country is being run by israel and corporations, and there's nothing the people can do about it.