From over on jennet.radio:
RAVE Act: RIP Live Electronic Music. The RAVE Act, whose acronym stands for "Reducing Americans' Vunerability to Ecstacy", would fine people or companies that organize or host events "featuring loud, pounding dance music" up to $2,000,000, and allows promoters to be jailed for up to 20 years, without requiring officials to prove that any of the attendees actually possessed drugs... [kuro5hin.org]
"without requiring officials to prove that any of the attendees actually possessed drugs" - you've got to be kidding! [jenett.radio]
The timing of this is great as I was at a house party last night with a lot of old raver types. Most of us don't get out to parties much anymore, you'll most likely find us at a club or house party these days. This has been making the rounds of the rave mailing lists I'm still on and we were talking about it some last night. I actually have not had a chance to read up on it too much, but I plan to later.
