The Real Congressional Agenda? (was Re: [IP] The House of Representatives on campus downloading)

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: May 5, 2007 12:19:42 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Cc: ip@v2.listbox.com
Subject: Re: The Real Congressional Agenda? (was Re: [IP] The House  
of Representatives on campus downloading)

On Fri, 04 May 2007 6:37:22 PM EDT, Lauren Weinstein  said:

> Ah!  There it is -- the handwriting on the wall for yet another
> "mandated data retention" argument sees the brighter light of day in
> a public context.  First we were told that Internet usage data
> retention was to fight terrorism.  When that argument didn't fly so
> well, the current popular line -- fighting child abuse -- became the
> data retention talking point de rigeur.  Now we see the next phase
> brought even further out in the open -- data retention for DMCA
> enforcement.

Lauren - I'm surprised.  You forgot to mention that they've also  
tried to
push it "to catch drug dealers/trafficers/smugglers".

Remember: there's *Four* Horsemen of the Internet: Terrorism, Child  
Abuse,
Drugs, and Copyright.


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