Gelezen op slashdot for nerds (http://yro.slashdot.org/) :
"Having largely failed to galvanize public and political action
against P2P systems, the RIAA has mounted a campaign to link P2P
systems with child pornography (NYT, reg. required). The result is H.
R. 2885, which has the remarkably clear and honest intent 'To prohibit
the distribution of peer-to-peer file trading software in interstate
commerce.' Amongst other things, the proposed law will require the
creation of 'do-not-install beacon products' (do-not-ask, you really
don't want to know), force P2P apps to include warning labels that
users may be exposed to pornography, and require P2P developers and
distributors to obtain and store users' personal information --
ostensibly for age verification, but one can think of other reasons
that the RIAA might be interested in that info. Worse yet, even given
the 'operation exemption' (Sec. (4)(b)(1)(C) in the bill),
applications such as AIM and iChat appear to fall under these
provisions."
De kruistocht tegen P2P wordt nu ook de strijd om de ziel van het kind
blijkbaar. Sue all the world, sue all the children.
mvg, VH
http://vh.skynetblogs.be

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