Technically, I believe we would all have the right to commit these attacks if:
1. We suspect that these individuals or groups have materials on their systems, and are distributing those materials through a P2P system (i.e. not a client server file sharing system) and we own the copyright on that material.
2. We warn them before we initiate the attack.
Even though we would all be allowed to do this, (I think, I may have read the paper incorrectly) there is a reason these attacks are illegal in the first place. I think we need to start pointing out those issues to the powers that be, rather than arguing about who did what to whom. I really don't think they realize the can of worms they are opening with this legislation.
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Technically, I believe we would all have the right to commit these attacks if:
1. We suspect that these individuals or groups have materials on their systems, and are distributing those materials through a P2P system (i.e. not a client server file sharing system) and we own the copyright on that material.
2. We warn them before we initiate the attack.
Even though we would all be allowed to do this, (I think, I may have read the paper incorrectly) there is a reason these attacks are illegal in the first place. I think we need to start pointing out those issues to the powers that be, rather than arguing about who did what to whom. I really don't think they realize the can of worms they are opening with this legislation.
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