[50345] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Draft of Rep. Berman's bill authorizes anti-P2P hacking
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Petr Swedock)
Fri Jul 26 10:49:50 2002
To: "Daniel Golding" <dgolding@yahoo.com>
Cc: "Richard A Steenbergen" <ras@e-gerbil.net>,
"Rowland, Alan D" <alan_r1@corp.earthlink.net>, <nanog@merit.edu>
From: Petr Swedock <petr@blade-runner.mit.edu>
Date: 26 Jul 2002 10:49:32 -0400
In-Reply-To: <GKEFKKIKGCMICPKBAEIMIEDDCJAA.dgolding@yahoo.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
"Daniel Golding" <dgolding@yahoo.com> writes:
> This sort of heavy-handed action by the anti-p2p folks will backfire in the
> end. The folks we should be saving our indignation for are the congressmen
> who have sold themselves to the RIAA/MPAA/BSA - Hollings, Berman, etc. These
> guys are pretty close to wholly owned subsidiaries of their respective
> patron industries.
Here's some humor on the subject:
http://www.cartoonbank.com/cartoon_closeup.asp?pf_id=32956&dept_id=1001
Peace,
Petr
