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[News] RIAA for Congress: File Sharing to Be Treated Like Paedophila

Senator: Let's monitor P2P for illegal files

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| The software, dubbed "Operation Fairplay," was developed two years ago by 
| Special Agent Flint Waters in the Wyoming Attorney General's Office, who, by 
| Biden's description, is considered an expert in the field. The application is 
| currently being used by all of the regional Internet Crimes Against Children 
| (ICAC) task forces nationwide and internationally, Waters told the panel.    
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9920665-7.html

Paedophiles... terrorists... suspects of copyright infringements (MPAA calls
them "criminals" and "pirates")... all in the same pool.

Linus Torvalds on ...

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| On fair use:
| 
|     When you start thinking that you have absolute control over the content 
|     or programs you produce, and that the rest of the worlds opinions doesn't 
|     matter, you're just _wrong_.  
| 
|     Me, personally, I think the RIAA and the MPAA is a shithouse. They are 
|     immoral. 
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http://commandline.org.uk/more/linus-quotes-2008-04-16-21-20.html

"Let's face it - the average computer user has the brain of a Spider Monkey."

                                        --Bill Gates


Recent:

RIAA boss: Move copyright filtering from ISPs to users’ PCs

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| The issue of encryption "would have to be faced," Sherman admitted after 
| talking about the wonders of filtering. "One could have a filter on the end 
| user's computer that would actually eliminate any benefit from encryption 
| because if you want to hear [the music], you would need to decrypt it, and at 
| that point the filter would work."    
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080207-riaa-boss-spyware-could-solve-the-encryption-problem.html


NBC to Apple: Build antipiracy into iTunes

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| NBC Universal would like to have its TV shows distributed once again through 
| Apple's iTunes service, a top executive said Wednesday, but he called for 
| antipiracy measures to help protect his business' revenue.  
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9920399-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

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