RIAA Sends Letter to Senate Supporting INDUCE Act

The Importance of writes "Slashdot has discussed the INDUCE Act before (and here and here). The act would make 'intentionally inducing' infringement a crime, but defines inducing so broadly that all sorts of technology is threatened. A little over a week ago, tech companies and civil rights groups sent a letter to some senators asking for hearings on the bill. A couple of days ago, the RIAA responded with their own letter sent to all 100 senators. There is also an abridged and annotated version of the RIAA letter. LawMeme has put together an index to INDUCE Act analysis."

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Re:Ready to help.

[DAldredge]

These would be some of the same EU countries that went against the wills of it people in voting for the EU patent legslition? The same one that don't have a problem threating people with jail if they mark the meat they are selling in lbs but not kg? The same people that are developing laws that will outlay saying anything that might 'harm/upset' groups of people?

That EU?

This law can't be that bad

[duncan]

Microsoft didn't sign the letter sent by the concerned tech companies and civil liberties groups.

And if MS isn't against this bill, how can any reasonable thinking person be against it?