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July 22, 2004
Is Your Computer a Loaded Gun?
Posted by
Siva Vaidhyanthan in today's Salon, on the Induce Act: "While industry lobbyists swear they would go only after the proprietors of peer-to-peer services, they don't have much credibility. After all, they have already taken the makers of videorecorders and MP3 players to court. Why wouldn't they do all they could to fix other technologies to behave as they wish?"
Speaking of which, today is the hearing. Be sure to stay tuned to Importance Of... for the latest.
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1. Help Desk Consultant on July 26, 2004 5:55 AM writes...
I think this is an absolute joke. They are basically exploiting the law to do what they want to do and file a law suit on anyone they want.
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