OK. Is THIS a good idea?

[Truth Soldier]

Do you like fast-forwarding through commercials on a television program you’ve recorded? How much do you like it? Enough to go to jail if you’re caught doing it? If a new copyright and intellectual property omnibus bill sitting on Congress’s desk passes, that may be the choice you'll face.

link (http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/11/wo_hellweg111904.asp?trk=nl)

[NoName]

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/2914464

WASHINGTON - The Senate has voted to outlaw several favorite techniques of people who illegally copy and distribute movies, but has dropped other measures that could have led to jail time for Internet song-swappers. [...]

The bill also shields "family friendly" services like ClearPlay that strip violent or sexually explicit scenes from movies. Hollywood groups say such services violate their copyright works by altering them without permission.

A section that would have made it illegal to edit out commercials was removed.

I think your article is a mischaracterization of what the now-deleted provision said, but since I have not seen the actual language I can't be sure. In any case, the provision has apparently been removed.

[Griffin 5]

Do you like fast-forwarding through commercials on a television program you’ve recorded? How much do you like it? Enough to go to jail if you’re caught doing it? If a new copyright and intellectual property omnibus bill sitting on Congress’s desk passes, that may be the choice you'll face.

link (http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/11/wo_hellweg111904.asp?trk=nl)Does your handle mean that you fight for the truth or against it?

[horace goldfarb]

Do you like fast-forwarding through commercials on a television program you’ve recorded? How much do you like it? Enough to go to jail if you’re caught doing it? If a new copyright and intellectual property omnibus bill sitting on Congress’s desk passes, that may be the choice you'll face.

link (http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/11/wo_hellweg111904.asp?trk=nl)Does your handle mean that you fight for the truth or against it? Do your plethora of handles mean that you have MPD, or just that you can switch handles when one of them gets the rhetorical epee?

[Truth Soldier]

Do you like fast-forwarding through commercials on a television program you’ve recorded? How much do you like it? Enough to go to jail if you’re caught doing it? If a new copyright and intellectual property omnibus bill sitting on Congress’s desk passes, that may be the choice you'll face.

link (http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/11/wo_hellweg111904.asp?trk=nl)Does your handle mean that you fight for the truth or against it?

If crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?

[Griffin 5]

So your goal is to fight against the truth?

[Truth Soldier]

Are you retarded?

[Griffin 5]

That's nice, use bigotry.

Does your handle mean that you fight for the truth or against it?

[Renaissance Man]

Are you retarded?

The Griffins are a pernicious blight feeding on these forums. He (she? it? they?) is (are?) best left ignored.

[Griffin 5]

And RM suffers a meltdown.