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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RIAA's we-don't-want-to-hack denial In-reply-to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 15:44:42 -0800 From: John Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This war of blather about what the RIAA did, or didn't, do in the anti-terrorism bill is entertaining, but the most salient fact is still missing from the debate: What "previously legal" acts is RIAA doing or anticipating, that would have been made illegal under the original proposed anti- terrorism bill? Somehow, it seems that the RIAA doesn't want to tell us. "No, it isn't viruses. It isn't worms. It isn't hacking. Stop impugning our patriotism. You have seventeen more guesses." So what keeps RIAA from just straightforwardly telling us what it is that they want to do to their paying customers that would "impair the integrity or accessibility of data, a program, a system or information"? John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
