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[Musicradio]

This bit of information was passed along to me so I'll share it with you:http://news.com.com/Congress+readie...ight+bill/2100-1028_3-6064016.htmlComments???

 

[Musicradio]

Did anyone read this? It concerns downloading music andhow things will change if this bill goes through.

 

[DJKraze]

Yeah, I read that before it was posted here, these elected folks need to learn just what it is they decide upon rather than listening to only lobbying groups (oh, I forgot, that's how they get fat wallets, and why there's so many new "detention camps" being built coast to coast), even the industry is starting to embrace the technologies and bring legal downloading into play, but if it gets to the point where certain technologies (read P2P or MP3) become illegal, then all those who haven't be infringing copywrites (such a radio stations who stream via MP3 or a peercast AND pay the proper fees) would suddenly have to implement a different (and possibly more expensive) streaming method.As far as companies embracing some of these technologies, just yesterday I read an article about how Warner Brothers is working with Bittorrent (a P2P file "Swarming" application) for legal, paid, movie download offerings. A new law such as this could possibly contribute to stifling new technologies (BT would never have happened if there were no P2P applications that came first, Peercasting, would not have either). Let's hope this one falls as flat as the original fight against video and audio tape.