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by Jeff Foster on Wed Jul 14, 2004 at 01:04:21 PM PDT

You are correct, I totally scooched the pooch on that one. It is the Art Act, not the Pirate act. I'm not sure how I got confused, but clearly I did. I also probably shouldn't of used the term fair, use, as it isn't the proper term for what the Art act does. I think crying wolf is a bit unfair though. This Act will throw people in jail for up to 10 years for VIDEOTAPING a movie. I find it abhorrent that congress would we willing to pass a law that would toss human beings in jail in the name of protecting a $40 Billion industry that hasn't proven(or even attempted to prove) that they need such protections. I think it's important that people know about it(even though I couldn't get the name right....)

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