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cameron wrote:

>I haven't read the entire thread so this might have been mentioned, but I
>read in The Register not long ago that an American senator (SC or SD) has
>been trying to pass a bill to make it illegal to distribute unlicensed
>software.  His campaign was largely funded by Aol Time Warner.  Apparently
>it is unlikely the bill will pass, except for benign portions of it, but its
>frightening to consider who would now gain control the server side if it
>did.

I smell a misinterpretation here.  In the first place, there's no
unlicensed software involved here.  In the second place, this sounds
like it may have been yet another attempt to curb piracy (or attach
more penalties to it).  But do send a link if you find some hard info.

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