-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: INDUCE Act Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 16:29:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Riley <chrisr@private> To: <declan@private> Declan, The INDUCE Act (also the Inducing Infringements of Copyright Act, to lessen the somewhat irrational connection to children) would ban far more than just P2P networks. While it's widely acknowledged that this was the stated purpose, the text of the bill is far broader, and holds liable any company which knowingly induces the infringement of copyright. This accusation could be made of an MP3 player or other devices just as easily as a file-sharing software programmer; while I have no statistics (and they might be hard to acquire), I expect DVD burners are used as often for copying copyrighted movies as for RIAA approved uses. A few links worthy of note: Ernest Miller's excellent markup of Senator Hatch's announcement: http://www.corante.com/importance/archives/004563.html The EFF's first article on the announcement: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/001631.php A convincing (fake) complaint that Apple, Toshiba, and CNET Networks can be held accountable under the act (remember Apple's 'Rip, Mix, Burn' ad campaign?): http://www.eff.org/IP/Apple_Complaint.php -- Chris http://www.suspendedconversation.com _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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