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What's next?
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 09:52:08 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> Date: September 29, 2005 8:10:55 PM EDT To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] What's next? Reply-To: dewayne () warpspeed com [Note: This item comes from reader Tom Williams. DLH]
From: Tom Williams <Tom () AirNetworking com> Date: September 29, 2005 11:44:16 AM PDT To: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> Subject: What's next? A bit of a shock opening sentence, from Future Brief A California senator has suggested that because file-sharing networks continue to house illegal files, they should be shut down. Intellectual property protection "can't function in a country where the high-tech services become such that you can't protect copyright," Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, said Wednesday at a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. The session centered on the landmark Supreme Court decision on MGM v. Grokster, which ruled that file-sharing services can be liable for their users' infringing behavior. Pointing to what she called a 'rise in peer to peers' since the Grokster decision, Feinstein said current law is not effective enough to deter illegal file swapping and the government must enact stronger enforcement measures. (Learn more at News.com.)<http://beta.news.com.com/Congress+to+legislate+file+swapping/ 2100-1027_3-5884824.html?tag=nefd.lede>
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