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House IP Leader Endorses P2P Blocking

Posted by Soulskill on from the peer-to-peer-prohibition dept.

Technical Writing Geek points out an Ars Technica report on comments from Representative Howard Coble (R-NC), who sits on the House Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. In a recent editorial, Coble attempts to discourage P2P file sharing among young people, and praises Ohio University for its ban on P2P applications last year. Coble also suggests that identity theft is a great danger from file sharing. Public Knowledge is running a similar analysis, which argues against the main points from the editorial.

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  1. Re:ID Theft? by a-zarkon! · · Score: 5, Funny
    Don't ask silly questions! What don't you get about, "think of the children?"

    "Think of the children" is the Congressional equivalent of the Jedi Mind Trick; "these are not the droids you're looking for." Upon further consideration, he may have substituted "Identity Theft" instead of "terrorists" since he's talking about the Interweb. I applaud his restraint in not using any analogy to tubes. This is progress.

  2. Re:e-mail by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 2, Funny

    If we're going to ban software used in identity theft I guess we can kiss the browser and e-mail client goodbye. Along with image editing program and a slew of other apps. But why stop at software? We should ban printers! Can't make a fake ID with a good printer!

    Heck with it, let's just ban computers altogether! Are you with me?

    Oh, wait...

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  3. You must be this smart to ride this ride by theoriginalturtle · · Score: 3, Funny

    Some days I wish the Capitol Building had one of those carnival signs next to the door. YOU MUST BE THIS SMART TO RIDE THIS RIDE.

    Really? Identity theft over P2P? Anyone who identity is so weak they could lose it by grabbing a torrent of Ubuntu probably has bigger problems than this congressdroid wants to address.

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  4. Re:just like guns by Dr.+Cody · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wish I could download guns. :(

  5. Re:just like guns by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I've killed more things with my car(s) than I have with all of my firearms.

  6. Re:just like guns by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Won't someone PLEASE think of the clay pigeons?!?

  7. Re:ID Theft? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I save my resume as 'resume.odf,' so there!