As one of the people who is disgusted with the amount of piracy in the world...
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As one of the people who firmly believes in net neutrality and free and open source software, as well as my basic civil liberties and right to privacy, I'm disgusted by the people who think that the internet should become filled with gestapo bursting in digital doorways for no other reason than somebody downloaded a song because they wanted to see if an album was worth buying.
I'm pasting over the speech I made on the wave, because I think it's rather good and provides key discussion points.
As it reads now, WM is screwed, as it opens images that may or may not be copyrighted. Free alternative software, such as VLC and Open Office would be screwed as well. It also opens the door for the digital gestapo's bursting in doorways because you downloaded a song to see if a new album was any good, or because you downloaded an episode you missed of a show you watch because you worked late, or any number of other reasons. If this is given ground to walk on, the net as we know it, is utterly finished. Many LEGAL software companies use torrents to distribute patches and the like to decrease server load, which would be nixed under that bill due to it also being a method for illegal distribution. I urge everybody to write in to their federal government and say "NO! WE WANT OUR RIGHTS, WE WANT OUR PRIVACY! FIND ANOTHER WAY! THIS IS WRONG!"
Rather passionate, but I believe my privacy should not be compromised just because there's enough greedy people in the world that have the power to take it. I believe free software is just as good as software bought in the store, and I believe, most of all, that we need to fight this.