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H.R.3959 - To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to provide for the phase-in of actuarial rates for certain pre-FIRM properties.
- textdog : that comes from the CBO estimate pdf
- textdog : this bill would phase out federal subsidies for newer homes that cost more than $600,000...._________________________________________________________still: " Any premium
increase implemented as a result of the bill would yield additional receipts to the National
Flood Insurance Program (NFIP); however, CBO estimates that such funds would be spent
to cover the ongoing costs of the program, resulting in no significant net effect on direct
spending. Enacting this legislation would not affect revenues."________________________________________>>>>>>>>>
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H.R.4279 - PRO-IP Act of 2007
- Anonymous : CongressCritter, I believe you are missing the point.
I don't think anyone is saying it is okay to steal music or sell music.
The problem is many people don't consider their activities to be 'stealing' while the industry does.
If I buy a CD and rip it to my computer so I can put it on my ipod, or a DVD I bought to watch on my nice LCD monitor, I see nothing wrong. Most people won't. But I have read papers saying that ripping the information is illegal as it bypasses copyright protection. Even if I don't plan to distribute and the files simply sit on the hard drive, its illegal.
While no one wants to admit it, this concept of 'stealing' by making copies of something has existed for quite a long time. The RIAA and MPAA never went after people who made mix tapes or used VCRs to record their favorite shows to the best of my knowledge. The only difference now is that this copying is very easy to do. Before someone could make a few copies of a tape or CD at a time before it got too expensive and time consuming. Now only one person needs to have the file to make 1000s of copies almost instantly.
- Anonymous : @ CongressCritter: please be a troll.
I don't see how the duplication of copyrighted material is equivalent to stealing, but whatever. Money doesn't make talent, so I don't see why musicians complain about this crap.
Last time I checked, ripping CDs for private and archival use isn't illegal. If it was, I don't think Microsoft would put a feature to rip CDs inside one of their own programs.
"Hey maybe I should still your bike, car etc. after all I don't have enough of them !", "Free Mercedes for everyone !". First of all, you're comparing almost 2 completely different things, and secondly, you're clearly using the word "stealing" in a completely irrelevant way.
"Go book some studio time, market the record, front all the costs and then have your CD ripped and spun to the World for free. Then when you're holding YOUR ASS in YOUR HANDS come crying to me about how bad the "mean business people suck.", if I was a professional artist, I wouldn't give two god damn shits about one of my songs appearing on LimeWire or something.
"Don't support the Artists and Artisans that create the product...Steal It !", haha, still using "stealing" in a completely irrelevant way.
I hope you die in a fire. Feel free to respond, too.
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