Senate bill bans P2P networks (News.com) [LWN.net]

Senate bill bans P2P networks (News.com)

Posted Jun 24, 2004 22:37 UTC (Thu) by xorbe (guest, #3165)
Parent article: Senate bill bans P2P networks (News.com)

In other news, TCP/IP has been banned.

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Senate bill bans P2P networks (News.com)

Posted Jun 25, 2004 11:19 UTC (Fri) by copsewood (subscriber, #199) [Link]

Why restrict yourself to layer 4 ? How about banning Ethernet and the transistor ? I'm part of the rest of the world laughing all the way to the bank as America legislates itself into the stone age.

Senate bill bans P2P networks (News.com)

Posted Jun 25, 2004 13:18 UTC (Fri) by ccchips (guest, #3222) [Link]

Be warned: If they get away with this nonsense in the U.S., then it will definitely spread to other countries.

Let's face it: I've repeatedly said this problem is mainly being caused by people who refuse to abide by the terms of their CD purchases, and are distributing material without permission. Therefore, this has to be handled in 3 ways:

1. Start making an effort to convince your friends and neighbors to stop distributing content without permission

2. Make it clear to your legislatures that you will not allow yourself and your friends, who are law-abiding people, to be dragged into the middle of a fight between the recording companies and those who flaunt the law.

3. Start making an effort (as I am doing) to encourage people to move away from the content providers who act restrictive. There is *plenty* of music around that is either freely distributable or which the composers allow to be downloaded and used as you wish, for personal use. If you encourage and support people like that, then over time the rest of the world won't even be *interested* in "infringing."

Senate bill bans P2P networks (News.com)

Posted Jun 25, 2004 18:11 UTC (Fri) by jae (guest, #2369) [Link]

Bullshit.

The current market can't/doesn't satisfy their greed (they being RIAA/MPAA... *not* the artist they claim to protect).

They find a nice scapegoat.

Now mix that with some "Homeland Security" paranoia (and/or fashist control greed)...

Senate bill bans P2P networks (News.com)

Posted Jun 25, 2004 19:11 UTC (Fri) by ccchips (guest, #3222) [Link]

Not bullshit.

This is the last I'm going to say, and it's my basic point.

This mess is happening on 2 fronts. Don't see it that way if you don't want to. Ignore one of them. Then, when you lose your right to copy for personal reasons (as I have lost my right to own a bong, because the retail industry couldn't bother to police itself against sales to children) don't ask me for any advice because I don't have any left.

RIAA = SCO on serious steroids

Posted Jun 25, 2004 21:29 UTC (Fri) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]

If you are thinking this will help then you are seriously wrong. The answer is in subject of why message.

What is SCO ? It's dying company which have product no more needed and no more profitable. Instead of adopting to new times it started to sue anyone and everyone: old customers, old partners, etc.

What is RIAA ? It's dying "company" which have product no more needed and no more profitable (more about it here). It has budget of many-many billions of dollars instead of less then 100 millions of SCO. That's the only difference.

So instead of suing customers and partners it tries to change law and sue everyone. That's all.

You must understand what goes on: RIAA is going out of business. It does not matter if people will copy CDs or not. Someone will be sued no matter what and no matter if. Obviously peoples who are "clearly in the wrong" will be sued first. But if everyone will stop making MP3s out of CDs and everyong will stop distributing them then other scapegots will be found nothing will change globally.