Jail Time For P2P Developers?

Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 19, 2005 @02:41AM from the revenge-of-the-idiots dept.

Kjella writes "A Califorian bill introduced last week would, if passed, expose file-swapping software developers to fines of up to $2,500 per charge, or a year in jail, if they don't take 'reasonable care' to prevent their software from being used to commit crime. C|Net has the story, as well as a link to the actual bill. By the overly broad definition of P2P software, almost any piece of internet software could be liable. This browser is certainly able to download and upload files ('Save as ...' and upload forms). Are Microsoft, Opera and Mozilla.org taking 'reasonable care' to prevent me from exchanging anything illegal? Of course, I never go there, but a friend of my uncle's third cousin's brother told me warez download sites work just fine ..."

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Re:Representatives of the People, Indeed by essreenim · 2005-01-19 03:10 · Score: 0, Flamebait

They have. Trouble is, there is no one else to vote for. That's why voter turnout is so low.
Oh...I seee, thats why none of you voted for Nader. I mean could you at least admit it. Your lives are controlled by the media. I mean Fox News is a collection of all those people you went to school with when you were younger that scratch their head while eating a banana and jumping up and down on a table...
And stop giving out to each other. Most /. users are not to blame it is the 80% of other Americans that strive to get jobs with Fox News...