oh umm, josh let me get this straight. The U.S will bill you (i.e charge) if you hack something? that's what a bill is right?
no, the bill allows Companies like the RIAA to hack into your computer and remove files without your consent.
so, are they still considering it or is it out the door or what? I hear virtually nothing of the outside world....
Haven't the faintest idea Jake! Haven't heard about this until his thread came up. On the other hand, I never chase "news".
In this case a Bill is sort of a legal proposal that they vote on whether it should become a LAW or not. Very different from sending you a bill charging you money for something. I haven't heard anything new on this either, whether it passed to become a law or not, or if it's being changed before passing, or voted down or what.... I'm always nervous about stuff that could allow people to harm others because they THINK the other did something wrong, that gets into the old "witch hunt" mentality that I find VERY wrong and dangerous!!
Thanks for the clarification Fae! And I agree fully with you about the "witchhunt-mentality" There are many ways to describe it - all true.
I find it distressing. This bill allows companies to access our computers without our knowledge and remove stuff..Imagine what happens if a hacked exploited this and hacked our PCs. A number of unmentionables!
That is really awful Josh!! I think such bills/laws are just made for the purpose of obsessed control and suppression.
ok...heres a tid bit i've heard... all things that must be ratified by the congress have to go through the polls twice... thats why question 4 is such a big thing...and question 10 or 11...
It only has to go through the House, Senate and then the president to become Law... From there, it goes to the courts for evaluation and it may/may not be deemed unconstitutional on the grounds of invading privacy however it is up to the judge. Frankly that's why I want to let as many people know as possible. This way we can petition the government not for this to pass
I'll sign that petition too if you want. (Don't think that would be vlid but hey! who knows?) In war and love...
I don't like it one bit. Especially if hackers exploit this, imagine the amount of damage one could cause.
the damage hackers cause already is imense...but with this...and friends giving it to friends...you could have access to every comp that uses P2P
