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Anti Piracy Bill may hit Seinfeld downloads of DIVX's etc.

  • 30-07-2002 4:33pm
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    From time to time we discuss the topic of Seinfeld DIVX's and VCD's so this might be an Interesting read...
    Anti-piracy bill may hit consumers
    A bill going into the US legislature has been rewritten to include digital rights management features, which might affect consumers and researchers
    Joseph Biden has become one of the newest field marshals in Congress' intellectual property wars.

    After the 59-year old Delaware Democrat took over the Foreign Relations committee last year, the software and entertainment industries enlisted him in their anti-piracy struggles. That prompted Biden to convene a hearing where he denounced copyright thievery in stentorian tones. "Windows XP was available for illegal use on the streets of Moscow two months before it was released in the U.S. by Microsoft," Biden said. "Every episode of "Seinfeld" is now available to download free to anyone with access to the Internet."

    Full Story Available here...
    http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2119967,00.html


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Must admit never managing to grab any Seinfeld DivXs

    Not that I'd object to knowing where I can get them without resorting to nasty non-resumable P2P programs
    (as he carefully words his reply so that it doesn't look like a nasty request for illegal video files;))


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,695 ✭✭✭b20uvkft6m5xwg


    A nasty resort to afore mentioned p2p proggies might be a good place to start ;)


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