Congress, File-Sharing, and Wally-World.

ash · 10-20-2004, 10:35 PM

An article in Rolling Stones :

Congress Vs. File-Sharing

For everyone conserned with $16.00 C.D.'s, An unlikely conglomerant is telling the Music industry how it's gonna be! (Even if profit's the motive, It might start a trend) .Wall Mart wants 10$ CD's.

gospeed.racer · 10-20-2004, 10:46 PM

wow...first they gave us "The girls of Wallmart" and now this! Kudo's to Wallmart for taking a stand!

frodobaggins · 10-20-2004, 10:49 PM

Orin Hatch is a retard. I wish I had enough money to keep a congressman in my
pocket.

kingtut · 10-20-2004, 11:00 PM

getting caught with illegal substance in your pocket could land you in jail!

frodobaggins · 10-20-2004, 11:07 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by kingtut

getting caught with illegal substance in your pocket could land you in jail!

Actually, pockets are in danger of becoming illegal. Pockets allow you to
conceal things, thus encouraging and possibly inducing the carrying of
illegal items.

xBrady · 10-20-2004, 11:14 PM

TiVo could be held liable for customers' actions??? Is it illegal to record a TV show?

Jailer · 10-21-2004, 09:56 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by brady

TiVo could be held liable for customers' actions??? Is it illegal to record a TV show?

No not as long as it's for personal use. When shared over the Internet or distributed you hit the legal problems. I think you also need to record an entire program, including commercials but I'm not positive on that.

Ill1 · 10-21-2004, 10:06 AM

I was under the impression that as long as you didn't sell the recorded tv show everything was dandy.

DarquePervert · 10-21-2004, 10:08 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by brady

TiVo could be held liable for customers' actions??? Is it illegal to record a TV show?

TiVo units can be hacked to allow a user with a TiVo connected to a LAN to pull off the recorded shows.
The simple act of recording a show isn't illegal. Distributing it is.