12-02-2003, 07:49 AM
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Originally posted by MrPopup
This bill below could easily shut down a site like GFY.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.03261:
Article below, written by conservative Phyllis Schlafly
http://www.eagleforum.org/column/200...03-10-22.shtml
H.R. 3261 doesn't use the word copyright, but it would create a new federal property right in online and offline databases (collections of information), and give the federal courts power to police the use of information in databases. Granting large U.S. and foreign corporations the power to own personal facts about individuals, and prevent others from using those facts, would be the most lucrative handout in years.
H.R. 3261 would allow federal courts to impose stiff penalties if someone uses information from a database that a corporation claims to own. The exceptions to this rule are vague and subject to contrary interpretations, leaving users liable to a lawsuit in which it's up to a federal judge to decide what is "reasonable."
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blah political horse shit all of it |
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