Comments on: Congressman wants ISPs to be Copyright Police

By: Picciottosugno

Picciottosugno — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:14:20 +0000

“MAAFIA” spells Mafia!?
What an apt name for that bunch of criminals!
Do they have a great sense of humor or are they niwits!

By: pirate

pirate — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:10:00 +0000

“MAAFIA” spells Mafia!?

By: Congressman wants ISPs to be Copyright Police « Top Tech News

Congressman wants ISPs to be Copyright Police « Top Tech News — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:05:35 +0000

[...] read more | digg story [...]

By: Aughr’s Blog » links for 2007-08-30

Aughr’s Blog » links for 2007-08-30 — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:18:03 +0000

[...] Congressman wants ISPs to be Copyright Police | TorrentFreak I don’t like Howard Berman very much. Unfortunately, he’s my representative. (tags: legal copyright piracy) [...]

By: Howard Berman To Force ISPs To Do RIAA’s Bidding | www.theirway.net

Howard Berman To Force ISPs To Do RIAA’s Bidding | www.theirway.net — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:04:38 +0000

[...] legislation that would require ISPs pass on RIAA/MPAA threat letters to subscribers (found via TorrentFreak). Of course, Berman doesn’t seem to note that the entertainment industry process is based on [...]

By: Jackson

Jackson — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:55:13 +0000

@Whatever: “The funny thing is, the ISP’s – which basically control the FCC, will balk at this in about two seconds.”

ISPs should agree to this if the Government agrees to make AT&T responsible for anything said, planned, done or thought through the phone system.

By: Whatever

Whatever — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:28:10 +0000

The funny thing is, the ISP’s – which basically control the FCC, will balk at this in about two seconds. Making them responsible/liable is a surefire way to make them a) lose customers b) have to pay money to these groups for “damages” — the ISP’s don’t want any respnosibility whatsoever and the only way to guarantee that is to continue to protect the customer.

Plus this violates all kind of ninth ammendment statutes (not that they matter in-lieu of the Supreme Court’s upholding of the warrantless wiretapping bullshit — but still).

By: Universe_JDJ’s Blog » Congressman wants ISPs to be Copyright Police

Universe_JDJ’s Blog » Congressman wants ISPs to be Copyright Police — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:46:07 +0000

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By: Joe Szilagyi - writer, information technology person, Seattle person » Congressman wants ISPs to be Copyright Police

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:50:51 +0000

[...] instead a new measure to reduce so-called ‘piracy’ by making the ISPs the police force.”read more | digg [...]

By: James

James — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:04:18 +0000

I wonder (if and) what kind of perverted monkeypr0n Congressman Howard L. Berman downloads when he thinks nobody is watching.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:14:37 +0000

@ AGGER

Berman is a DEMOCRAT.

By: anonymous coward

anonymous coward — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:09:27 +0000

You can not blame a politician for taking contributions. You would be fooling yourself if you thought that your local politicians didnt do the same thing. The point it becomes a problem is when they allow those contributions to influence their decisions. I personally would like to see a law absolutely forbiding lobbying. If the people want something they should use petitions and rallies. We do not need these groups representing us.

By: none

none — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:02:03 +0000

Brittish telecom has already tried to dictate to me how i can and cant use my internet, needless to say im not with them no more

By: The Great Geek Manual News » Congressman wants ISPs to be Copyright Police

The Great Geek Manual News » Congressman wants ISPs to be Copyright Police — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:56:02 +0000

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By: Agger

Agger — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:04:50 +0000

“Bush declares war on Piracy!”

By: Congressman wants ISPs to be Copyright Police « web.tech.news

Congressman wants ISPs to be Copyright Police « web.tech.news — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:07:37 +0000

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By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:51:28 +0000

Thanks for the report. I wrote about you writing about it (blogging is so silly) here.

By: The New Freedom » Blog Archive » More Bullshit Legislation Pending, This Time from Howard Berman (D-CA)

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:48:30 +0000

[...] I don’t think it could actually pass, he hasn’t actually filed any paperwork yet, and TorrentFreak’s write-up says everything that needs to be [...]

By: Neil

Neil — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:45:46 +0000

http://xs218.xs.to/xs218/07352/dunch-bish.jpg

Is all I have to say.

By: Jackson

Jackson — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:44:52 +0000

@Ben Jones: “Well, Berman isn’t corrupt”

That was a good piece, but IMHO any politician should be judged corrupt if they: (1) take money from lobbyists, (2) does exactly what the lobbyists want when it is (3) to the detriment of the people who voted for them.

Don’t you think? DMCA was a lovely example of the public losing rights, the RIAA/MPAA getting them, and Congressmen cashing up.

Let’s call a corrupt congressman corrupt.