Draft of Rep. Berman's bill authorizes anti-P2P hacking

Thu Jul 25 20:11:00 UTC 2002

First I agree that this is BAD on general principle but...

IANAL but IMHO spewing cracked copies of say, Photoshop, or other copyright
violations might be considered probable cause with the specific place/things
being the share program and it's contents.

Sharing the content of your favorite program/CD/DVD with the world has never
met "fair use."

I had significant input in my life regarding the difference between "can"
and "may." IMHO significant numbers of net citizens have forgotten that
difference.

Just my 2¢.

Best regards,
_________________________
Alan Rowland

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph T. Klein [mailto:jtk at titania.net] 
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 12:16 PM
To: Marshall Eubanks; nanog at merit.edu
Subject: Re: Draft of Rep. Berman's bill authorizes anti-P2P hacking

I would argue that my home computer is the repository of my papers and
effects. No place in the below law does it limit the restriction to the
government only. Indeed any law passed giving sanction to any party having
the right IMHO is in direct violation of both the spiret and the letter of
the Bill of Rights.

Amendment IV

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and
effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,
and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or
affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the
persons or things to be seized.

The dogs of stupidy have been unleashed.

--On Wednesday, 24 July 2002 12:40 -0400 Marshall Eubanks
<tme at multicasttech.com> wrote:

>
> Thought this would be considered on-topic as guess who would have to 
> clean up the resulting messes...
>
> Regards
> Marshall Eubanks

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Joseph T. Klein                                         jtk at titania.net

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                                         -- Presidential Oath of Office