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US Government Office Gives P2P Shot of Legitimacy
SlyckTom writes "On September 9, 2003, the GAO testified before the before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Their testimony centered on the proliferation and exposure of various types of detestable erotica to children.
The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Senator Orrin G. Hatch, sent a follow-up letter to the GAO with several questions regarding the legitimacy of file-sharing networks. On November 14, 2003, the GOA responded with a surprisingly pro-P2P stance."
You should also note that they did not come out and support piracy, only the usefulness of P2P as an application, similiar to other mediums such as USENET or the web. I still say that pirates support terrorism and should be shipped off to Gitmo.
Poor erotica! I'll bet they were scarred for life by having to see those horrible kids.
>>> Someone over there in the GAO has their head screwed on right.
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Diane is working on getting this fixed. Results should be visible by Feb 2004.
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AP Newswire 10/31/03 12:02pm: Three GAO board members were found dead in an Iraqi underground safehouse. One army medic commented the Government Accounting Office members, where apparently shot point blank with a Smith and Wesson. He promptly "applied for shore leave" and was unreachable. The pentegon declined to comment on this "senseless terrorist tragity." Saying the deaths were probably the result of secondhand fire durring raid on the safehouse. Nobody speculated on how the men got to Iraq becuse that would be hard to think about.
Novel theory: Modern Man evolved from psychopath
"How can file sharing in itself be called bad? Isn't the WWW a file sharing network? This is a true triumph of propaganda over common sense."
You wait until they start teaching that sharing is antisocial in schools.
Oddly Draconis
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