new law proposal

[kendo]

New US law would allow music-sharing sabotage

Californian Congress representative Howard Berman has proposed a bill that would make it legal in the US for companies to disrupt peer-to-peer file-sharing to protect their copyright

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992464

[osprey4]

Californian, huh? Is anyone surprised? I'm really starting to wonder about those people.

john

[no1_vern]

Apparently a lot of pressure being put on the crim. . er politicians as they try to deny responsibility;
Quote:
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In an unusual twist, Coble and Berman stressed in their letter to colleagues that their authorship of the draft bill does not necessarily "constitute an endorsement of its contents." Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, the top Democrat on the full Judiciary committee, also helped in the creation and included the same unusual disclaimer.

Spokeswoman Gene Smith said Thursday that Berman opposes the bill and drafted it only at the request of House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis.
"

From here: http://msn.com.com/2100-1104-943153.html

We need to stop these ppl before they make it a law barring us from copying anything. The proposal removes our "fair use" rights as consumers.

[Warthog]

Californian, huh? Is anyone surprised? I'm really starting to wonder about those people.

lol.......at least their politicians.....they have issues.