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DimGR
10-08-2004, 02:42 AM
http://www.corante.com/importance/archives/004563.html



" renders ALL filesharing technologies illegal within the USA. "
deathadder
10-08-2004, 07:08 AM
Does that mean the 'act' of sharing material over the internet has been made illegal, does that include sharing material that isn't actually copyrighted?
TheCatMan
10-08-2004, 07:14 AM
Which country is JL hosted in again? Would it be prevented from sharing the file containing this original comment with its intended audience?
hard candy
10-08-2004, 09:29 AM
Ok, anyone who read my posts are going to have to send $1 for each of my posts they have read. That's my intellectual property you know. My artistic and creative processes will suffer unless you send the money now. And if my processes suffer, I will be damaged for the rest of my life and you will have to pay damages. What was SCO's lawyer's name again?

If you'd like I'll send you my bank account number, my social security number, and my mother's maiden name so you can make a direct deposit. :D
hard candy
10-08-2004, 10:10 AM
I just sent a message to Senators Chamblis and Miller of Georgia and Rep Burns of my district asking they decline to support this bill.
If you want to contact your Senators, http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
cybertron
10-08-2004, 01:19 PM
Quite a humorous read, until you realize that this isn't a joke!:(
bwkaz
10-08-2004, 06:57 PM
See ESR's The Final Virus (http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/final-virus.html) for some ... interesting extrapolations. Not exactly extrapolations of INDUCE, but I still think it's relevant.
Fryguy8
10-08-2004, 08:52 PM
so it bans all filesharing?

err, isn't what you are looking at RIGHT now a dynamically generated html file that's being shared with you by the authors of the justlinux site?
bwkaz
10-08-2004, 10:29 PM
Well, not exactly. It seems to ban "inducing someone to break copyright". Supposedly (at least according to Orrin Hatch, oops, I mean the RIAA speaking through Orrin Hatch), people are inducing young children ("Think of the children!") to make copies of copyrighted material for them, and then profiting off those copies.

Or something.

But while the supposed "intent" is not to ban filesharing outright, that's the effect. And that's why it needs to be killed, and quickly.