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Lawmakers Caught Again By File-Sharing Software
An anonymous reader writes "A document, apparently a 'confidential House ethics committee report,' was recently leaked through file-sharing software to the Washington Post. According to the article, 'The committee's review of investigations became available on file-sharing networks because of a junior staff member's use of the software while working from home.' Of course, P2P software is entirely at fault for this incident. If you begin seeing more interest in DRM from Congress, you now know why."
Reader GranTuring points out that the RIAA took the opportunity to make a ridiculous statement of their own. They said, "the disclosure was evidence of a need for controls on peer-to-peer software to block the improper or illegal exchange of music."
Maybe change your sig to: Error 451: Sarcasm not detected...
How unfortunate for the RIAA that their biggest target can't leak information like that.
Luckily, we have politicians who's only education is in English,
So, very little overlap with your own education I presume? ;-)
You just got troll'd!
"I crashed my car because I was texting while driving. #*%?@! car...! "
This ain't rocket surgery.
I always thought it was 'nigger'.
Even the blacks don't call each other "politician".
Then why does congress get this kind of protection when private citizens suspected of a crime do not?
Juveniles usually get this protection as well. And since congress usually behaves like a bunch of spoiled children, I guess this makes sense.
I think "politician" is the most derogatory name you can call someone.
I always thought it was 'nigger'.
I always thought it was 'anonymous coward'
Why should our government even have ethics documents that are confidential?
That information is contained in confidential ethics documents.
Should have called some of Bush's old IT people - not only did they avoid leaks, they were fans of destroying incriminating evidence *before* it leaked!
Lawmaker sound cooler. Legislators draft, debate, and then pass legislation. Lawmakers make the law. The former sound like dull bureaucrats but the latter sound like they probably have superpowers.
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That, or large handcannon-style guns. "Let me introduce you... to the Lawmaker." *BOOM*
"It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him." - Tolkien
Or do they all just mindlessly parrot one another
Or do they all just mindlessly parrot one another
Or do they all just mindlessly parrot one another
....that P2P software would 'used' as a tool of democracy and open government?
Didn't see that coming.
deleting the extra space after periods so i can stay relevant, yeah.
"I crashed my car because I was texting while driving. #*%?@! car...! "
That's completely absurd -- obviously your phone is to blame here.
I am the lawn!
Well you do have to remember we are dealing with a march of the morons situation where you have to put "open can first stupid" to keep the retards from sticking the WHOLE CAN into boiling water and making a soup hand grenade.
But personally I think it is more likely a nice ruse cooked up to make the pill easier to swallow to those same morons when they make P2P illegal. Kinda like the same way they trot out child molesters every time they want to spy on you when you are on the Internet, even those study after study has proven that it is nearly always a family member or 'family friend' that is molesting little Suzy, not some Internet bogeyman. And when there are talks about net neutrality and suddenly we are getting all the stories about how everything from the presidents ride on down has been released on 'teh evil P2Ps!" I smell some fish.
Of course we will have our proof if they trot out Nancy Grace to scream "P2P is full of pervert kiddie fiddlers!" as she seems to be the go to gal for anything that restricts us as long as you can find some way to add the word perverts. So if you see Nancy grace screaming about "P2P sickos!" you'll know the whole things is BS.
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.