http://consumerist.com/tag/copyright...ill-outlaw-p2p




oh snap

I wonder how such a plan would be carried out and enforced.

More to the question, I wonder how many will care?

I just wonder what fantasy world DRM fans are living in if they think tighter rules will somehow magically stop piracy.

Rules by themselves do nothing, it's actions and enforcement that makes people take notice of rules. The less reasonable the rules become, the harder it is politically to enforce them.

Look at the political damage the RIAA did to itself when they tried to prosecute children for downloading pirated music.

Are people who make or buy multi-region DVD players REALLY going to be prosecuted? What moral case can be made against someone in Europe watching a legally bought DVD from America?

Not enough.

As I understand it, the treaty has not been passed. The subject should say 'would outlaw', not 'will outlaw'.

Are they kidding my precious? Quite a number of IMs, internet TVs and lets not forget online games are actually P2P... For instance you all use one - Skype. Are they going to ban it?

And what about my favorite media player VLC? Are they going to say that distributing it as free software is now illegal since it contains codecs to play DVDs without checking regions?

Hmmm I guess I'd better go and torrent all my friend's podcasts now before they suddenly become illegal :P

When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.

Martin Niemöller

wow, i was reading that poem just yesterday in my english class.
What a coinkydink.