Senate Bill Would Make Clandestine Video Taping Illegal 880
happyclam writes "CNN says that Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) is announcing a new combination bill that would do two things: (a) outlaw filming someone via hidden camera without their permission except in public places, and (b) provide for an adult-only domain such as .prn where all non-child-safe sites (pr0n, hate speech, etc.) would be relegated--the sites would have to give up their .com/.org/.net domains they own today. The first part makes sense, but the second clearly treads on free speech to some extent and will have a hard time going through, I imagine." I wonder if having an actor at the press conference is a new requirement for a bill to be introduced in congress.
Those unfair cocksuckers! (Score:2, Funny)
teenpussy.prn! What's next: restricting
I can see the connection... (Score:5, Funny)
You've got your porn in my hate speech!
Introducing new ArianBabesInBondage.prn.
Seriously, who would benefit from this? Serious adult-only sights wouldn't want to be identified with the KKK, and "hate speech" sites wouldn't want to be "adult only".
Re:Another case of "how do we filter"? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What about (Score:3, Funny)
They are Still Anal Sluts !
X10 Cam (Score:3, Funny)
I can see where this is going... (Score:2, Funny)
This will eventually mean that in the event that /. is deemed unacceptable material or material that could potentially be harmful for minors, and in the event that all .prn sites are fire-walled at my office, I won't be able to read anything interesting during lunch.
I can see it now (Score:2, Funny)
"But the plans were on display....."
"On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them."
"That's the display department."
"With a torch."
"Ah well, the lights had probably gone."
"So had the stairs."
"But look, you found the notice didn't you?"
"Yes", said Arthur, "yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked
filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying
'Beware of the Leopard'"!
- Douglas Adams
Message to Slashdot trolls (Score:3, Funny)
This is a time of great chaos. But there is a threat even greater than terrorism and the CPDPTPDTA (sp). Yes, and that is goatse.prn
What about "goatse.prn"?
Well, think about the effectiveness as a new
Send a letter to your congresspeople and senators asking to vote against this bill! Remember, "People come for the goatse.cx, not the goatse.prn!"
For your convenience (probably to busy hitting "refresh", looking for first post, huh?), here is a sample letter.
Dear congressperson,
I am a pathetic loser who appreciates diluting valuable content with disgusting images. This gives me pleasure, and by passing this bill, you will be hurting my very livelihood. So when the time comes for you to vote, remeber:
Think of the trolls, not the children.
Thanks for your valuable time.
Re:Those unfair cocksuckers! (Score:2, Funny)
No fucking argument here. They have their own fucking play area and insist on futzing around with a
Re:Free the nanny cam!!!! (Score:2, Funny)
To hell with you! (Score:5, Funny)
C-X C-S
I also have a
I'll have collected the whole set!
Then they will all combine to form Voltron, and I'll rule the world!!
.prn is a bad idea. (Score:2, Funny)
On the other hand, if you use a
Re:.prn is a great idea (Score:2, Funny)
Oh?
What about personal ("Ego") sites and hobby sites that don't fit as a
Maybe we need a
Re:Free speech (Score:1, Funny)
The problem with Playboy is not the photographs, which are, as you point out, relatively benign. The problem is the cartoons. It is just wrong to expose children to such "entertainment" crafted (or, to be safe, emitted) by individuals with no detectable sense of humor.
Re:What about (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I can see the connection... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:What about (Score:1, Funny)
Isn't that the whole point of the
What about this.... (Score:2, Funny)
If surreptitious videotaping in the home is illegal, then evidence obtained by it is inadmissable in court.
This leads to interesting potential solutions to problems in burglary: if you know the target's got a camera going, strip down to your thong and running shoes. At your trial, all that clear video of you filling bags with cash and heirlooms just goes away...
This would seem to be the case, but I'm not a lawyer, anyone with a legal background have an opinion on this?
On the second part of the bill: yeah, we're still seeing laws made by people who understand neither the technology, nor the global nature of the it.
X10? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:What about activists and undercover reporting? (Score:2, Funny)
You do realize your on Slashdot, right?
Re:.prn (Score:5, Funny)
Seriously, one of my professors at the University of Texas, Scot Powe, clerked for William O. Douglas. At that time lawsuits about what was and was not obscene were being filed individually, and the justices (or their clerks) had to watch each one to write a brief on it for the decision.
Powe said the best part was walking out of one particularly bland showing with Thurgood Marshall, who turned to him and said, 'I think we need to send that one over to the FTC for false advertising.'
Mmm... Riders (Score:3, Funny)
Speaker: Then it is unanimous, we are going to approve the bill to evacuate the town of Springfield in the great state of --
Congressman: Wait a minute, I want to tack on a rider to that bill: $30 million of taxpayer money to support the perverted arts.
Speaker: All in favor of the amended Springfield-slash-pervert bill? [everyone boos]
Speaker: Bill defeated. [bangs gavel]
Kent: I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply doesn't work.
Re:Another case of "how do we filter"? (Score:2, Funny)