Interesting People mailing list archives
making file-sharing a felony
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 13:58:39 -0400
Do these guys have any idea what they are talking about. Lets see, is running your own smtp system a peer operation? Is it not the case that email may contain copyrighted material (like a forwaeded email)? And thus .. Off to jail Dave ------ Forwarded Message From: Steve Bellovin <smb () research att com> Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 19:50:16 +0200 To: dave () farber net Subject: for IP -- making file-sharing a felony http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0%2c1412%2c59654%2c00.html Upload a File, Go to Prison By Katie Dean | Also by this reporter Page 1 of 1 02:00 AM Jul. 17, 2003 PT A new bill proposed in Congress on Wednesday would land a person in prison for five years and impose a fine of $250,000 for uploading a single file to a peer-to-peer network. The bill was introduced by Reps. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) and Howard Berman (D-Calif.). They said the bill is designed to increase domestic and international enforcement of copyright laws. More specifically, the bill targets peer-to-peer file trading, an aide working for the congressmen said. The law is meant to keep up with changing technology. ... --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me) http://www.wilyhacker.com (2nd edition of "Firewalls" book) ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
Current thread:
- making file-sharing a felony Dave Farber (Jul 17)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- making file-sharing a felony Dave Farber (Jul 17)