Originally Posted by gideongallery

yeah well we will see
i am betting this bill will never pass in the form that it is leaked

it will at worst be a milder form of the DMCA (without the anti circumvention statutes-- or wrapped in fair use like the original act)

there are groups who are actually counter arguing that any new rules should have a 3 times damage penalty codifed with any new power so since if those new powers were never intended to squash fair use, no copyright holder would fear such penalties.

i signed my name to one such petition (that where i got the 3x damages idea from we talked about in another thread).