Senate Takes Aim At P2P Providers

Posted by timothy on Wednesday July 7, 2004 @12:08AM from the beware-the-evil-electron dept.

thejoelpatrol writes "The Senate Judiciary Committee, led by everybody's favorite senator, Orrin Hatch, is moving to outlaw P2P entirely by making it illegal to produce such applications. Hatch says such firms 'think that they can legally profit by inducing children to steal. Some think they can legally lure children into breaking the law with false promises of "free music."' So, when was the last time that Kazaa told kids to steal music? Shouldn't the parents be the ones looking out for their kids? The RIAA is (surprise!) in favor of this, while P2P groups are (surprise!) opposed."

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Re:The Parents by Fished · 2004-07-07 02:54 · Score: 0, Flamebait

No, I've seen the simpsons. I'm just sick of seeing this "shouldn't parents supervise their children" argument trotted out every time someone with no kids wants to make sure that some trivial infringement on his "rights" doesn't come to pass.

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