making file-sharing a felony

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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

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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.

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        --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)
        http://www.wilyhacker.com (2nd edition of "Firewalls" book)



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