MPAA Requests Immunity to Commit Cyber-Crimes

Posted by michael on Thursday July 25, 2002 @07:30AM from the how-low-can-this-nation-sink dept.

The news has been buzzing around for the last couple of days that Representative Berman, whose palm has been crossed with silver by the entertainment industry, would introduce a bill permitting copyright holders to hack or DoS people allegedly distributing their works without permission. Well, the bill has been introduced - read it and weep. Although the bill wouldn't allow copyright owners to alter or delete files on your machine, they would be allowed to DoS you in essentially any other way. Let me restate that: the MPAA and RIAA are asking that they be allowed to perform what would otherwise be federal and state criminal acts and civil torts, and you will have essentially no remedy against them under any laws of the United States.

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Re:It doesn't give blanket protection by Lxy · 2002-07-25 08:22 · Score: 5, Funny

Did the person who wrote the Slashdot editorialization for this story even read the bill?

You're new here, aren't you?

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