"At a digital music conference today, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., said that legislators and law enforcers would have to fight and win a "war" against online piracy in order for the digital marketplace to have any chance of realizing its full potential.... 'Only when the war against piracy is effectively waged and won, will businesses and consumers move in significant numbers to the online marketplace,' he added.... Goodlatte, who co-chairs the Congressional Internet Caucus, said that lawmakers should also look into ways to encourage industry leaders to help stem the tide of online piracy. Specifically in the area of digital music, Goodlatte said that copyright piracy is 'growing exponentially with billions of unauthorized music downloads per month.' 'Until we can stop the growth of piracy online, it will be difficult to truly create a marketplace that will work for digital online content," Goodlatte said.' [NewsBytes]
Excuse me? Most of us out here on the Internet are not stealing! We are sampling music and buying more music than ever before. Also Rep. Goodlatte, since we have bought the CD legally, we demand the RIGHT to listen to it, make a copy of it for our car CD player vs. expose the original to the standard 102 degree car temperatures in the summer. Goodlatte is another Hillary Rosen sock puppet.
