IP: Draft of Rep. Berman's bill authorizes anti-P2P hacking

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

This note is representative of many I have gotten. Djf

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From: Gene Spafford <spaf@cerias.purdue.edu>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 11:47:52 -0500
To: farber@cis.upenn.edu
Cc: ip <ip-sub-1@majordomo.pobox.com>
Subject: Re: IP: Draft of Rep. Berman's bill authorizes anti-P2P  hacking

As I commented at the CRA Snowbird conference last week, I can't wait
to see how this legislation plays out for "Jihad Records" once it is
formed.   After all, they will also be shielded by the law in seeking
technical measures (e.g., viruses and the like) to protect against
piracy of recordings of "Osama's Greatest Hits."

And what about the script kiddies who want to experiment in hacking
techniques?  Simple -- form a record company.  It's only about $20 to
incorporate in some states, so the investment is minimal but the
protection is worth much, much more.

Isn't it nice to know that Berman, Coble, Sony, et al. are carefully
thinking about the security of the general population before
proposing legislation for special interests?


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