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Lessig On Bounties For Spamhunters

Posted by timothy on from the pay-pal dept.

An anonymous reader submits: "Digital rights (as in yours, not the RIAA's) guru Lawrence Lessig comes up with a Swiftian idea of how to fight spammers -- $10,000 for the first ubergeek to hunt the offender down. The column is at CIO Insight. Wonder if it'll reach its audience there."

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  1. uh... by Profe55or+Booty · · Score: 0, Redundant

    i could be wrong, but that isn't at all what the article says. the article is saying that California Congressman Howard Berman is trying to pass a bill that forces the companies to pay you $10,000.

    you may not want to start praising him yet, though, as the article also says

    In July, Berman, a Democrat, introduced a bill to deputize the recording industry and other copyright holders to help fight copyright violations. Through his bill, these vigilantes would be granted immunity from liability as they deployed tools to hack peer-to-peer systems that they "reasonably believe" violate copyright laws. Run a Morpheus server with content that recording industry executives think is theirs, and you may find your machine doesn't run much content at all.

    well. now that the article is explained for you all; comment.

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