[Nettime-bold] Re: <nettime> HACKING LEGALIZED

["mand" <me@onemoremonkey.com>]

We are all copywrite owners so this legislation would make it legal for
anyone who had a "reasonable suspicion" that someone was illicitly trading
their copywrite material to hack into that machine and at minimum look
around and verify that suspicion.

If any damage is thereby caused it is up to the person whose machine has
been hacked to prove damages. Under the proposed legislation that person
would only be able to get recompense if the damage was over $250

mand
http://onemoremonkey.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Mandl" <dmandl@panix.com>
To: "Nettime" <nettime-l@bbs.thing.net>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 7:45 PM
Subject: <nettime> HACKING LEGALIZED


> {...for record companies)
>
>
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=technologynews&StoryID=125292
3
>
> Bill Lets Music Firms Hack Napster-Like Systems
> Last Updated: July 25, 2002 04:09 PM ET
>
> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Media companies would be allowed to sabotage
> Napster-style networks to prevent songs, movies and other copyrighted
> materials from being swapped over the Internet under a bill introduced
> in Congress on Thursday.
>
> The bill would permit recording companies and other copyright holders
> to hack onto networks to thwart users looking to download free music,
> and would protect them from lawsuits from users.
>
> Although Congress has little time to debate the bill before the August
> recess, sponsor Rep. Howard Berman, a California Democrat, said the
> measure was necessary because the decentralized systems were
> impossible to shut down.
>
> "No legislation can eradicate the problem of peer-to-peer
> piracy. However, enabling copyright creators to take action to prevent
> an infringing file from being shared via P2P (peer-to-peer) is an
> important first step," Berman said in remarks on the floor of the
> House of Representatives.
>
> [snip]
>
> --
> Dave Mandl
> dmandl@panix.com
> davem@wfmu.org
> http://www.wfmu.org/~davem
>
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