US Senate To Ban P2P?

["Hamaker, Chuck" <cahamake@email.uncc.edu>]

US Senate To Ban P2P?

By DVDrecordable.org,  Jun 28, 2004

"Popular file-trading networks such as Kazaa and Morpheus would be
outlawed under a new bill that enjoys broad support from top Democrats and
Republicans in the U.S. Senate. Their legislation says "whoever
intentionally induces any violation" of copyright law would be legally
liable for those violations, a prohibition that would effectively ban
file-swapping networks and could also imperil some consumer electronics
devices."

'Proponents argue that the bill focuses on curbing illegal activity on the
Internet. "In the film 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,' the leering 'Child
Catcher' lured children into danger with false promises of 'free
lollipops,'" said Senate Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah.
"Tragically, some corporations now seem to think that they can legally
profit by inducing children to steal; that they can legally lure children
and others with false promises of 'free music.'"

digital-copyright Digest 30 Jun 2004 15:00:00 -0000 Issue 391

Chuck Hamaker
Associate University Librarian Collections and Technical Services
Atkins Library
University of North Carolina Charlotte
Charlotte, NC 28223
phone 704 687-2825