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Proposed Peer-To-Peer Law Sparks Animosity

Posted by Soulskill on from the series-of-tubes dept.

coondoggie writes "The Federal Trade Commission and Distributed Computing Industry Association locked horns over a proposed law that would govern how peer-to-peer networking technology would be used and regulated. Before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, the Federal Trade Commission expressed its doubts about companies protecting sensitive consumer information (PDF) or sensitive data over P2P internet file-sharing networks. It doesn't help the P2P cause that the technology continues to pop up in bad practices. Recently a company that monitors peer-to-peer networks said it found classified information about the systems used onboard the president's helicopter in a shared folder on a computer in Iran, after a file containing the data was accidentally leaked on a peer-to-peer network last summer. Meanwhile the DCIA said any laws would likely be ineffective and stifle the business opportunities P2P can generate." An article on CNet points out that the wording of the bill would make it apply to just about everything related to communications on the internet.

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  1. 1 2 3 4! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. 5 6 7 8 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  4. 9 10 11 12 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this law can go to hell....ve

  5. Re:Net Neutrality in action by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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