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I had trouble figuring out where I should post this. I decided Music:Non-Prince for the sake of not posting non-Prince related stuff at the Prince: Music and More board.

It affects everyone, so read on:

A draft bill seen by CNET News.com marks the boldest political effort to date by record labels and movie studios to disrupt peer-to-peer networks that they view as an increasingly dire threat to their bottom line.

Sponsored by Reps. Howard Berman, D-Calif., and Howard Coble, R-N.C., the measure would permit copyright holders to perform nearly unchecked electronic hacking if they have a "reasonable basis" to believe that piracy is taking place. Berman and Coble plan to introduce the 10-page bill this week.

The legislation would immunize groups such as the Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America from all state and federal laws if they disable, block or otherwise impair a "publicly accessible peer-to-peer network."

Anyone whose computer was damaged in the process must receive the permission of the U.S. attorney general before filing a lawsuit, and a suit could be filed only if the actual monetary loss was more than $250.


Read the complete article at C|Net News.com:
http://news.com.com/2100-...45923.html

"So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men." -- Voltarine de Cleyre

(I actually found and used that quote before Prince used it...!)

FlyingCloudPassenger said:

Just another step 2 monitor are freedom, i use it 2 their advantage. Bilderbergs.

Sam

sambluedolphin said:

What do you mean? Really.



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[This message was edited Wed Jul 24 18:10:41 PDT 2002 by FlyingCloudPassenger]