>>>>> "LL" == linuxlingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
LL> PIRATE Act Introduced in Congress
LL> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/27/1927252
LL> [0]certron writes "Xeni Jardin has written a story for
LL> Wired about the "Protecting Intellectual Rights Against Theft
LL> and Expropriation Act of 2004" aka [1]the PIRATE Act. It and
LL> another related bill are designed to criminalize P2P
LL> filesharing by lowering the burden of proof for law
LL> enforcement and proposing jail terms of up to 10 years. The
LL> bill was introduced by Sens. Orrin Hatch and Patrick Leahy,
LL> both of whom received large contributions from the
LL> entertainment industries. Under the bill, even sharing a
LL> single file (if a judge decides the value is over $10,000)
LL> could land a user in jail. [2]Read the full text of Orrin
LL> Hatch's remarks." Links 0. http://www.lemnisc8.com
LL> 1. http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,62830,00.html 2.
LL>
http://hatch.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=1005
IMO, if the number of people committing a ``crime'' is more than the
number of bed and breakfasts available in the jails of the
jurisdiction involved, it's not a crime anymore, it's a civil
disobedience movement.
Last I logged into Kazaa (a few months ago) there were 3.5 million
people online. Go ahead and arrest all of them! :)
-- Raju
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