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RIAA Parses 'P2P' As 'Peer 2 Porn'
watchful.babbler writes "Having largely failed to galvanize public and political action against P2P systems, the RIAA has mounted a campaign to link P2P systems with child pornography (NYT, reg. required). The result is H. R. 2885 (available via Thomas), which has the remarkably clear and honest intent 'To prohibit the distribution of peer-to-peer file trading software in interstate commerce.' Amongst other things, the proposed law will require the creation of 'do-not-install beacon products' (do-not-ask, you really don't want to know), force P2P apps to include warning labels that users may be exposed to pornography, and require P2P developers and distributors to obtain and store users' personal information -- ostensibly for age verification, but one can think of other reasons that the RIAA might be interested in that info. Worse yet, even given the 'operation exemption' (Sec. (4)(b)(1)(C) in the bill), applications such as AIM and iChat appear to fall under these provisions."
You can get porn from p2p networks??
And the muscular cyborg German dudes dance with sexy French Canadians
... does that mean that they're continually exposing themselves to child pornography at will? Wouldn't that make them party to the crime of spreading child porn?
Do not look into laser with remaining eye.
Yeah, and while they're at stating the obvious for stupid people with good lawyers, why not put them outside strip clubs? If only the world had less idiots...
When you don't have a leg to stand on, don't even get up.
And you can all protest this by downloading lots of pr0n this weekend.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
"As a guy in the record industry and as a parent, I am shocked that these services are being used to lure children to stuff that is really ugly," said Andrew Lack, the chief executive of Sony Music Entertainment.
Has this guy even seen Kazaa? Doesn't he know you have to type in what you are looking for?
I got my M$ Monopoly, SCO, and RIAA news today.
:-)
Now just give me some newly released Apple G5 benchmarks and the day will be perfect
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"Oh my god, that guy's completely naked under his clothes! What a pervert!"
Hell is not other people; it is yourself. - Ludwig Wittgenstein
I used to do that, but my name is actually Reg, so I felt dishonest.
"As a guy in the record industry and as a parent, I am shocked that these services are being used to lure children to stuff that is really ugly," said Andrew Lack, the chief executive of Sony Music Entertainment.
Some of the most vile, disgusting, and just plain horrible stuff is distributed on P2P networks. And after your kids download all the Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys and N*Sync albums, their's pornography too!
Isn't that the same Orrin Hatch who linked to a porn site from his home page?
Oooops!
I say the root of the problem is children! No kiddies, no kiddie porn. Ban children and be done with it.
Dok
"You can't screw the system, but you can give it a good fondling." -- Too lazy to look it up
Perhaps the police should look on some of the RIAA's computers...so they can try to use the infamous Pete Townsend defense "we were just doing research".
"Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it." - John Lennon.
He also explained that their clients will now look for other explanations for their lost profits and ways to stop them, starting with beating up school children that play loud music in parks and other public places, and breaking into houses of people believed to sing under the shower.
Programming can be fun again. Film at 11.
because I don't have a pornograph to play it on. ;)
All kidding aside, I think this is just FUD, because Kazaa & kazaa Lite can filter the Adult Content from the search results. This would be like saying that there should be the same laws governing Web Browsers & Servers. The RIAA can kiss mah grits.
"why not put them outside strip clubs"
They do that here in Montreal.. only they do it in picture form in case you can't read.
Speaking of people who sexualise children in the media...
i use jonkatz69/jonkatz69 heh
"I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." - L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
Makes one wish that they would miss and shoot themselves in the head.
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And they think that's going to discourage people?
With P2P you really don't know what you're getting. You may think you're downloading The Lion King but you may end up with Debbie Does Dallas.
*blinkblink*
You mean The Lion King didn't feature the first filmed quintuple penetration?
(throws away his mislabeled AVI in disgust)
Fuck you, Kazaa!
Be careful, Mr. Lamo it's bad enough that the NYT is after you for hacking into their system. If you keep telling everyone else how to do it like this, the consequences will be even worse!
I can just imagine Joe Sixpack in the computer store:
Joe: I need a computer that can run Kazaa
Salesman: Oh, you want to download music?
Joe: Uh, yeah, music! I want to download.....music!
Well, yeah, but if you can't stop your own member organizations from defrauding kids, why do you think the gub'mint will do any better?
Oh... you want us to think you're talking about Kazaa... riiiiiiightttttttt.
mmm... yeah... You see, we're putting the cover sheets on all TPS reports now before they go out...