lizcam Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 [ame=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CqBZd0cP5Yc]Evil Orphaned Works Bill Must Be Stopped! [/ame] Basically it means everything that has already been registered will have to be re-registered with PRIVATE companies that don't exist yet! It also means that nothing any of us do will belong to us anymore unless we pay AND KEEP PAYING for that right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goblyn13 Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 That's a bill that has been going back and forth being pushed by the **AA and the others, but its fell on two major problems. 1) Librarians across the country are very much against it because as it is currently worded it also prevents stuff from falling into Public Domain (which has enough problems due to the Bono-Mickey mouse law[yeah mickey should be public domain by now except thanks to ol' Senator Bono they got yet another extension for another 30 some odd years]) 2) This one's also gotten the EFF, the FSF and a bunch of other software folks up in ire and willing to sue. so i think it will take quite a bit of work for it ever to see light of day. And i hope it never does actually pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uberdark Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 all hail the satan...errr i mean senate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supervike Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Well...not to want to start a debate, but there is another side to this bill, and some of it actually makes good sense. I'd suggest folks read more about it before just deciding on one You Tube video. Uber! Satan would be pissed that you compared him to the senate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpio Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Uber! Satan would be pissed that you compared him to the senate! It's true. Satan has higher standards, and is much harder to bribe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottRadom Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 A dude over on CMON shared the link to the site for the bill in a thread. Way too lazy to dig it up. And I promise I won't chase Liz around about this bill anymore...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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