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ART Act, not Pirate Act (none / 0) (#1)
by Anonymous User on Tue Jul 13, 2004 at 01:54:28 PM PDT

the senate passed the Pirate Act, a bill that would make videotaping a film in a movie theater punishable by three years in prison

According to the Wired article, the ART act is the one that covers videotaping in a movie theater. The Pirate act lets the government file civil suits against aledged illegal file traders.

This is one of the most egregious attacks on fair use since the DMCA..."

Fair use? Give me a break. There are enough real attacks on fair use to worry about. You and I both know that when someone takes a videocam into a theater to tape a movie, fair use (such as excerpting for a review/lecture/other) is not what they have in mind.

Keep up the good work, but please no more crying wolf.



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