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MrPopup · 12-02-2003, 07:41 AM

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."

Triple 6 · 12-02-2003, 07:42 AM

com · 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."

blah political horse shit all of it

BlueFly · 12-02-2003, 08:07 AM

The fist amendment protects this now... And it always will. Don't sweat it.

DarkJedi · 12-02-2003, 08:13 AM

12-02-2003, 07:41 AM	#1
MrPopup Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: on the internet Posts: 3,783	How to shut down GFY 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." __________________ <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="1" bgcolor="#008000"><tr><td><font size=3>Gone</font></td></tr></table>

12-02-2003, 07:42 AM	#2
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12-02-2003, 08:07 AM	#4
BlueFly Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: NC, USA Posts: 716	The fist amendment protects this now... And it always will. Don't sweat it. __________________ Now Taking Hard Link Trades BTW - NEVER use thexxxhost.com

12-02-2003, 08:13 AM	#5
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