Previous Politech message: "More on Howard Berman's war on P2P networks" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03708.html --- http://news.com.com/2010-1074-941928.html By Declan McCullagh July 8, 2002, 4:00 AM PT [...] Rep. Howard Berman's war on peer-to-peer networks is about to begin. Last month, the California Democrat said he was planning to introduce a bill to let copyright owners, such as record labels or movie studios, launch technological attacks against file-swapping networks where their wares are illegally traded. Details have been scarce so far, but an aide to Berman said the text of the proposal will be available early this week. Lobbyists opposed to Berman's bill had predicted a hearing on Thursday, but that's not going to happen. A spokeswoman for Berman said, "There is not a hearing scheduled at this moment. We're waiting for Mr. (Howard) Coble." Rep. Howard Coble (R-N.C.) is the chairman of the House Judiciary subcommittee that oversees copyright law. Ed McDonald, a spokesman for Coble, said that his boss likes Berman's plan--but there wasn't enough time for a hearing before the summer recess is scheduled to begin on July 29. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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