Anti-piracy bill targets technology
http://news.com.com/Antipiracy+bill+targets+technology/2100-1028_3-5238140.html?part=rss&tag=5238140&subj=news.1028.20
A forthcoming bill in the U.S. Senate would, if passed, dramatically reshape copyright law by prohibiting file-trading networks and some consumer electronics devices on the grounds that they could be used for unlawful purposes.
The proposal, called the Induce Act, says "whoever intentionally induces any violation" of copyright law would be legally liable for those violations, a prohibition that would effectively ban file-swapping networks like Kazaa and Morpheus. In the draft bill seen by CNET News.com, inducement is defined as "aids, abets, induces, counsels, or procures" and can be punished with civil fines and, in some circumstances, lengthy prison terms.
This is scary stuff. If this gets passed, lots of things we have now could be outlawed. VCRs, DVD and CD burners, and even computers themselves! After all, computers can be used for illegal things. But so can anything else be used that way.
A forthcoming bill in the U.S. Senate would, if passed, dramatically reshape copyright law by prohibiting file-trading networks and some consumer electronics devices on the grounds that they could be used for unlawful purposes.
The proposal, called the Induce Act, says "whoever intentionally induces any violation" of copyright law would be legally liable for those violations, a prohibition that would effectively ban file-swapping networks like Kazaa and Morpheus. In the draft bill seen by CNET News.com, inducement is defined as "aids, abets, induces, counsels, or procures" and can be punished with civil fines and, in some circumstances, lengthy prison terms.
This is scary stuff. If this gets passed, lots of things we have now could be outlawed. VCRs, DVD and CD burners, and even computers themselves! After all, computers can be used for illegal things. But so can anything else be used that way.
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