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Senator Plans P2P Summit

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the open-discussion dept.

ClickTheVote writes "Last fall Senator Norm Coleman held hearings on the RIAA subpoena process, now he is going to convene a P2P Summit. At CES last week he said, 'With the advent of technology such as peer-to-peer networking, law, technology and ethics are now not in synch. We need to find other ways to solve the problems rather than issuing lawsuits and lobbying Congress to pass tougher laws.' Here, here."

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  1. Okay... by AstrumPreliator · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I wasn't aware there was anything wrong with P2P networks. They aren't illegal and it's an efficient data distribution system that takes loads off of servers.
    I think the true intent of "synching law, technology, and ethics" is to gain control. They will be able to monitor you more easily and control what is served.

  2. Oh, why doesn't anyone think of the children??? by Bigman · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Other bills are aimed at protecting minors who use P2P software to inadvertently download pornographic material, especially child pornography.
    Inadvertently? Hmm, I'm sorry this isn't a tech issue, it's a social one. If you want to control what your kids do and see online then you have to supervise them. There's no law or crappy bit of software that can do it that won't be circumvented within days. You wouldn't let a kid roam around alone in a city 'till they where old enough to look out for themselves? So why in cyberspace? The internet is not a TV you can park your kids in front of to keep them quiet, it's a communication tool and you need to know who they're talking to! The internet is not a library, it is a seedy city with all the glitter and vice that entails. That's why it's so facinating, that's why we bother with it, and that's why we need to be responsible when exposing our kids to it.
    We need to find other ways to solve the problems rather than issuing lawsuits and lobbying Congress to pass tougher laws
    My oh my! We may not have found intelligent life on the moon, but maybe there's a sign of it on earth...
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    *--BigMan--- Time flies like an arrow.. but personally I prefer a nice glass of wine!
  3. Re:Strange that all these media executives by Paul.Org · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The constant P2P/Corporate blow-ups strike me as very similar to the Catholic Church's initial reaction to the printing press... It ate into a Church Monopoly (ie the reproduction of text) and also offered a far wider audience for critics of the Church (ie Protestants)... Once the Church worked out that: a) It couldn't stop the critics BUT b) It could flood the world with cheap bibles & hence get more members It was all good... Ok maybe an oversimplified analogy but wars were fought over this so the P2P/Corporate thing will be resolved with far less deaths... Well that's my hope anyway...