IP: The rise of Thought Crimes

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>To: farber@cis.upenn.edu, gnu@toad.com
>Subject: The rise of Thought Crimes
>Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 20:33:29 -0500 (EST)
>From: mo@ccr.org (Mike O'Dell)
>
>
>Between the Digital Millenium Criminalization Act
>and this amazing Encrypting Disk business, we are
>witnessing the creation and aggressive criminalization
>of Thought Crimes.  It is becoming illegal to have
>certain thoughts, to think about certain problems.
>This is simply monstrous and will be the moral equivalent
>of killing the golden goose just to stuff a pillow.
>
>         -mo



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