from my cold, dead hands!
Apparently our Congresscritters have thrown
a provision into the proposed Intellectual Property Protection Act (don't you just love Newspeak?) that would prohibit private parties from skipping over commercials when they record a TV program.
Yes, that's right. They're coming for your TiVo. Then what's next--your VCR? Your CD burner? That microcassette recorder you use for classes?
It gets worse: They're also trying to ban the "share" feature on iTunes.
Please contact your representative
here, and your senators
here.
First in the Pandagon.net series of Republican outrages of the week.
posted by Maureen at 8:51 PM
