RIAA Wants Right To Hack · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by timothy on Monday October 15, 2001 @01:39AM from the for-me-but-not-for-thee dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "According to Wired, the recording industry wants the right to hack into your computer and delete your stolen MP3s." From the article: "It's no joke. Lobbyists for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) tried to glue this hacking-authorization amendment onto a mammoth anti-terrorism bill that Congress approved last week. A copy of an RIAA-drafted amendment obtained by Wired News would immunize all copyright holders -- including the movie and e-book industry -- for any data losses caused by their hacking efforts or other computer intrusions 'that are reasonably intended to impede or prevent' electronic piracy." Does this give you the right to crack RIAA systems to make sure no one there is selling copies of your term paper?

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eggplants by ender-iii · 2001-10-15 01:50 · Score: 1, Offtopic

eggplants!!

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Re:THIS IS GREAT!!! - The solution by unitron · 2001-10-15 02:55 · Score: 1, Offtopic

How about if we just get the pigs drunk before we turn them loose?

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