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House Report Concludes P2P Networks Endanger Children
7/27. The Minority Staff of the Special Investigations Division
of the House Committee on Government Reform released a report
[ http://www.house.gov/reform/min/pdf/pornp2p.pdf ] titled
"Children's Access to Pornography Through Internet File-Sharing
Programs". The report, which was prepared at the request of Rep.
Steve Largent (R-OK) and Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), examined peer
to peer networks, including Music City Morpheus, BearShare, and
Aimster.
The report found that peer to peer (P2P) file copying networks
other than Napster are growing rapidly in popularity. It also
found that one of the major categories of content on these
networks is pornography, including videos. Moreover, innocent
search terms, such as "Britney Spears", return as results
pornographic files, thereby endangering children. Finally, the
report found that use of these peer to peer networks is free,
and unaffected by the filtering software.
The report contains no recommendations for government action.
Rep. Waxman stated that he wants to "draw attention" to the
problem. He added that "As legislators, we can try to pass
laws to address these issues. But sometimes legislation can't
solve the entire problem by itself. In this case, parental
awareness and parental involvement matter more than legislation.
And that's the whole point of the report Mr. Largent and I are
releasing today." He also said that in comparison, the debate
over the V-Chip is "trivial."
>--[ From TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert 237, http://www.techlawjournal.com ]
It's all true. And KaZaA can give you warts.
CYa,
JEREMY
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