Oh, you raped Celine Dion...that's OK, as long as you don't copy her music

Anti-piracy hysteria ratchets up in Congress.

Apparently, a new law being proposed will make the penalties for 'piracy' (which is very, very loosely defined) worse then the penalties for violent crime:

If you copy Craig David's CD you get ten years, but if you punch him in the face and pummel him into a seven day coma you will only get six.

I think Hollywood really needs to work on a technological system for reducing piracy. You see, right now if you see a good movie or listen to a good CD, you remember it after it is over, and you gain pleasure by thinking about it after you've seen or heard it without paying again-- that's practically piracy! So, what we need is a chip, implated in your brain, that makes it so after you see a good show or listen to a catchy song, you forget it, and then you have to pay to see or hear it again!

You think I'm joking? Well, given the witch-hunt level of hysteria about "piracy" by Hollywood and entertainment types, you never know what might come next!