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Lawmakers Caught Again By File-Sharing Software

Posted by Soulskill on from the guns-don't-kill-people,-file-sharers-do dept.

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."

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  1. Re:No. by TheUni · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe change your sig to: Error 451: Sarcasm not detected...

  2. Re:Connections by 4D6963 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Luckily, we have politicians who's only education is in English,

    So, very little overlap with your own education I presume? ;-)

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  3. Re:So... by gyrogeerloose · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I crashed my car because I was texting while driving. #*%?@! car...! "

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  4. Re:The sadest part of this is.. by danlip · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  5. Re:Lawmakers? by patiodragon · · Score: 4, Funny

    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

  6. Re:So... by noundi · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I crashed my car because I was texting while driving. #*%?@! car...! "

    That's completely absurd -- obviously your phone is to blame here.

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