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Legalizing Attacks on P2P Networks
miniver writes: "Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) wants to legalize DoS attacks on P2P networks such as Kazaa and Morpheus by 'copyright holders.' The Washington Post reports on his proposed legislation here. Berman's bill, to be introduced in the next several weeks, would attempt to minimize the illegal trading of copyrighted songs and other content on "peer-to-peer" (P2P) networks by permitting copyright holders to use technology against pirates. As can be expected, the RIAA is in favor of the proposed legislation."
Read the damn article! It's not saying that they can ping-flood P2P networks. It's basically saying that they can act as anti-social participants by putting dud-files on there. The beautiful thing about this is that the record companies can use anonymous cowardliness against anonymous cowards. Basically, if the freeloaders can take advantage of the anonymity that's necessary for something as underhand and sleazy as this, then so can the record companies.
How many members of Congress have actually SLEPT with sheep...and how was the RIAA and MPAA able to get all those pictures of them doing it!
It's the only way to explain how anti-constituent Congress is turning out to be!
You live in a fantasy world. The U.N. has never tried to stop anyone from killing anyone. Can you say "Somolia". How about "Bosnia". There are lots of other examples. Trying reading a little more than the N.Y. Times and other world ignorant newspapers.
Yeah, it's off topic. Mod me down. I'm at the kharma cap anyway.
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Just wondering... Is this the digital equivalent of the American right-to-own-a-gun?
/. and I never do that ! :)
This subject is so absurd that made me actually post something on