From: jeff 

Robert Comer wrote:
>>Yep. Have you noticed that peer-to-peer piracy just happens to be illegal?
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> But not everything they are going after is illegal.
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> - Bob Comer
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And it all has to make it through Congress first, too.



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> "Jeff Shultz"  wrote in message
> news:pan.2004.11.01.15.30.35.434931{at}shultzinfosystems.com...
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>>On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 06:19:32 -0600, Geo wrote:
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>>>"Jeff Shultz" 
wrote in message
>>>news:pan.2004.10.30.22.56.34.873553{at}shultzinfosystems.com...
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>>>>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?
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>>>http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/55484
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>>>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?)
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>>Yep. Have you noticed that peer-to-peer piracy just happens to be illegal?
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