From: "Robert Comer" 

> 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


"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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