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Bill Would Let FBI Police File-Sharing

Posted by timothy on from the what-would-liddy-do dept.

vnguyen6 writes "According to an article on MSNBC, a bill introduced in the Senate gives the FBI power to police file sharing. As if the FBI didn't have their own messes to clean up such as the handling of pre-911 intelligence, FBI agents turned spy (Robert Hanssen), the Los Alamos lab debacle, double agent Mrs. Katrina Leung, need I say more?"

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  1. Corporatism by Ricin · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's called corporatism and was very aptly described and put into context by Mussolini. No troll, no joke.

  2. Knee-jerk policing? by Mr+Smidge · · Score: 5, Interesting

    .. And I wonder what sophisticated monitoring techniques the FBI would use to filter out those individuals who grossly leech tons of files, and those who just happen to be sharing within their fair use rights among friends, and those who just happen to have a library of legally-obtained copyrighted files.

    Oh wait, that's not on their checklist now is it?

  3. Re:A thought... by t_allardyce · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So it comes down to a secretive police force investigating people on behalf of corporate funding

    I thought thats exactly what America was about? You mean its not? Well i dont live there, but i just got the impression that politicians and government agencies were all "sponsored" by various corporations with their own agendas.

    rather than allowing these funds to be spent on murder, terrorism, rape or theft charges.

    Q: Who says music piracy is less important than murder? A: Well the RIAA ofcourse! - when your funded by sponsors, you do what they say.

    why do i always confuse IRA with RIAA??

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