From: "Geo" 

"Jeff Shultz"  wrote in message
news:pan.2004.11.01.15.30.35.434931{at}shultzinfosystems.com...
> On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 06:19:32 -0600, Geo wrote:
>
> > "Jeff Shultz"  wrote in message
> > news:pan.2004.10.30.22.56.34.873553{at}shultzinfosystems.com...
> >
> >> And you know... there isn't even anything in the article about a the
> >> phone call - just a visit by Customs Agents, who were doing nothing but
> >> their job.
> >>
> >> Sounds like Stephanie Cox is a self-panicker.
> >
> > Perhaps you missed the statement by our illustrious head of the DOJ that
> > they plan to launch a full scale war against file sharers?
> >
> > http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/55484
> >
> > The U.S. Justice Department recommended a sweeping transformation of the
> > nation's intellectual-property laws, saying peer-to-peer piracy is a
> > "widespread" problem that can be addressed only through
more spending,
> > more FBI agents and more power for prosecutors.
> >
> > In an extensive report released Tuesday, senior department officials
> > endorsed a pair of controversial copyright bills strongly favored by the
> > entertainment industry that would criminalize "passive
sharing" on
> > file-swapping networks and permit lawsuits against companies that sell
> > products that "induce" copyright infringement.
> >
> > "The department is prepared to build the strongest, most aggressive
legal
> > assault against intellectual-property crime in our nation's history,"
> > Attorney General John Ashcroft, who created the task force in March,
said
> > at a press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon.
> >
> > Geo. (you want 4 more years of this administration?)
>
> Yep. Have you noticed that peer-to-peer piracy just happens to be illegal?

Yes, have you noticed the copy machines, vcr's, blank tapes, blank dvd's,
etc. would be illegal under a system like this?

The entertainment industry isn't interested in stopping piracy, they want
the file sharing networks gone because it's competition for the
distribution channels that they have complete control over. They don't want
you to be able to make a movie and distribute it world wide, that would be
bad because they have no control over it then.

Geo.

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