via Jeremy Toeman at LiveDigitally (where I first got my blogging feet wet)
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"This morning I read about Chairman Conyersâ?? proposed PRO IP act, and as others in the technology industry have, I lowered my head sadly……Now truth be told, I am no legal expert, nor am I an expert in
copyright. But I am pretty good at common sense. Common sense tells me
that the maximum penalty for transmitting an MP3 file should not be
over 1000-fold the maximum penalty of shoplifting a CD from a store.
Common sense tells me that if over 80 MILLION people are transmitting
files to each other, there is something wrong with our system that
makes such an activity illegal."
Thanks for the link Dave!