Charlie wrote: >July 27, 2002 04:09 pm, Zlatko Savic wrote: > >>Ah man, it's bad enough that we must watch out for crackers and script >>kiddies who want to get into our computers >>and now the Congress will use the same tools to stop people trade files. >>Don't believe me? Read below: >> >>California Congressman Howard Berman introduced his "Peer-to-Peer Piracy >>Prevention" Act in the House of Representatives Thursday. If the bill (PDF) >>passes, copyright owners could -- at least conceptually -- employ a variety >>of technological tools to prevent the illegal distribution of their >>copyrighted works over a P2P network such as Kazaa or LimeWire. >> >>The tools Berman specifically suggested that companies might use include >>"interdiction" -- flooding a P2P file server with fake requests in order to >>slow or stop the system; "spoofing" -- providing slews of corrupt, damaged >>or incomplete files to P2P servers; and "redirection" -- faking the >>location of files to force traders to perform many futile >>system-resource-wasting searches. >> >>Smith guessed that, at minimum, media companies could overwhelm P2P servers >>with "ghost files," tying up the servers' resources as people try to >>download files that don't really exist. >> >>Link to the full story: >>http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,54153,00.html >> >>Let me know what you think, >>Z.Savic >> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Have you given any thought to the project linked below? I've been reading >about the progress since it started but haven't been really interested in >installing it or running a node (?) since I don't have any interest in >sharing files anyway. > >http://freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/WebHome > >I've also read that the chief doofus from the R.I.A.A. is "withdrawing his >support" for the bill as proposed. Something about the liability clauses >possibly being applied to "the members" of his association. Too bad, if they >break someone's server or work station and the damages are more than US$50.00 >they'll have to pay and won't be exempt from prosecution? > >_Boo*freakin'*Hoo!_ :-) > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Well, I don't know what these lawmakers are thinking...
The country I grew up in, we had a document called the Constitution of which the first 10 Amendments became known as Civil Rights. I just reread that. There is a provision that everyone, not just citizens, but everyone, is guaranteed Equal Protection of the Law There is a provision that says no one will be deprived of life, liberty or property without Due Process Moreover, after reading this many times, I still see no provision that allows the satisfaction of Unbridled Greed Perhaps I live in a different country than the one I grew up in? But if they pass this then actually get the courts to buy that this is Due Process, then I have a little Due Process to apply to others, starting with corporations that manipulate their financial reports to receive favorable stock indexing so their "put" orders can plunder retirement funds. If p2p networks can be targeted, then why not child porn? I know some people who would love to have their efforts to make it extremely expensive to host child porn sites recognized and given legal force. There are others out there who would liove to smash sites that advertise or try to legitimize animal fighting events. And why not publish the facts about NIke and their third-world child labor sweatshops, right on the Nike site? Then the half-century conspiracy of the auto industry to inhibit technology and keep waste and pollution high by doing so, in the name of profit.... No ifs, ands or buts, peer-to-peer for the purpose of sharing music or entertainment with the express purpose of avoiding paying for it, is wrong. But passing a law that allows them to do a wrong back is a dangerous precedent.... I believe the lawmakers have lost contact with the people if they pass this. I believe this sort of thing paves the way for people to become seriously disgruntled, much as they did about similar policies of mercantilism in the 1770s. But this doesn't sound like lawmaking to me. It sounds looks and feels like the Law of the Jungle. Civileme
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