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Hearing on Hollywood Hacking Bill

Posted by michael on from the above-the-law dept.

DaveAtFraud writes "CNN says that Hilary Rosen and the RIAA are once again lobbying Congress for the right to sabotage P2P networks. Of course, Hilary says that the RIAA wouldn't abuse this capability. Luckily, some of the lawmakers are dubious. Also, Rep. Rick Boucher asked, 'What are the implications for the Internet's functionality when the inevitable arms race develops?' and pointed out that overzealous attempts to enforce existing copyright law had all too often targetted legitimate postings." There's also a News.com story.

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  1. Uhhh, yah....if you could just um... by GreyWolf3000 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Of course, Hilary says that the RIAA wouldn't abuse this capability. Luckily, some of the lawmakers are dubious.

    [The boss from Office Space] Umm, yeahhhh. Good job guys, now If we could just get you to stop sponsoring DRM chips and bills that allow broad interpretation of "illegal" activity that infringe on fair use, that'd be great, yeah.

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  2. All too easy by delta407 · · Score: 5, Funny
    In the RIAA press release, Hillary said:
    I wish I could tell you that there is a silver bullet that could resolve this very serious problem. There is not.
    Funny, I bet lots of Slashdotters know what bullet could solve this problem. ;-)