From: "Robert Comer" 

> And it all has to make it through Congress first, too.

Yep. Looks more likely to pass than before, the there's a lot of cash
flying around Washington over this right now...

- Bob Comer


"jeff"  wrote in message
news:4186d2e4$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Robert Comer wrote:
>>>Yep. Have you noticed that peer-to-peer piracy just happens to be
>>>illegal?
>>
>>
>> But not everything they are going after is illegal.
>>
>> - Bob Comer
>>
>
> And it all has to make it through Congress first, too.
>
>
>
>>
>> "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?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>

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