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Agreed here. Has this even got a bill number yet? On Wed, 2002-07-24 at 13:15, Derek Samford wrote: > > > I second that. If I see any of my clients having any sort of malicious > activity directed at them, then there is no chance of me allowing their > traffic through. I would be more than happy to send all their traffic to > packet hell. Large corporations do not get any special consideration if > it comes down to the stability of my network vs. receiving their > traffic. > > Derek > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > James Thomason > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 2:10 PM > To: Marshall Eubanks > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Draft of Rep. Berman's bill authorizes anti-P2P hacking > > > > Would malicious actions on the part of copyright holders violate the > AUP of most networks? Or are service providers more willing to tolerate > denial of service attacks by large corporations than say, spam? > > If this legislation is passed, they certainly will earn Null0 on mine. > > Regards, > James Thomason > > > On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Marshall Eubanks wrote: > > > > > Thought this would be considered on-topic as guess who would have > > to clean up the resulting messes... > > > > Regards > > Marshall Eubanks > > > > ----- Forwarded message from Declan McCullagh <[email protected]> ----- > > > > From: Declan McCullagh <[email protected]> > > Subject: FC: Draft of Rep. Berman's bill authorizes anti-P2P hacking > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 20:29:35 -0400 > > X-URL: http://www.mccullagh.org/ > > X-URL: Politech is at http://www.politechbot.com/ > > > > > > > > http://news.com.com/2100-1023-945923.html?tag=politech > > > > Could Hollywood hack your PC? > > By Declan McCullagh > > July 23, 2002, 4:45 PM PT > > > > WASHINGTON--Congress is about to consider an entertainment > > industry proposal that would authorize copyright holders to > disable > > PCs used for illicit file trading. > > > > A draft bill seen by CNET News.com marks the boldest political > effort > > to date by record labels and movie studios to disrupt peer-to-peer > > networks that they view as an increasingly dire threat to their > bottom > > line. > > > > Sponsored by Reps. Howard Berman, D-Calif., and Howard Coble, > R-N.C., > > the measure would permit copyright holders to perform nearly > unchecked > > electronic hacking if they have a "reasonable basis" to believe > that > > piracy is taking place. Berman and Coble plan to introduce the > 10-page > > bill this week. > > > > The legislation would immunize groups such as the Motion Picture > > Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of > > America from all state and federal laws if they disable, block or > > otherwise impair a "publicly accessible peer-to-peer network." > > > > Anyone whose computer was damaged in the process must receive the > > permission of the U.S. attorney general before filing a lawsuit, > and a > > suit could be filed only if the actual monetary loss was more than > > $250. > > > > According to the draft, the attorney general must be given > complete > > details about the "specific technologies the copyright holder > intends > > to use to impair" the normal operation of the peer-to-peer > network. > > Those details would remain secret and would not be divulged to the > > public. > > > > The draft bill doesn't specify what techniques, such as viruses, > > worms, denial-of-service attacks, or domain name hijacking, would > be > > permissible. It does say that a copyright-hacker should not delete > > files, but it limits the right of anyone subject to an intrusion > to > > sue if files are accidentally erased. > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > > POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list > > You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. > > To subscribe to Politech: > http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html > > This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ > > Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > > Like Politech? Make a donation here: > http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > > > > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > > > -- > > Regards > > Marshall Eubanks > > > > > > > > T.M. Eubanks > > Multicast Technologies, Inc > > 10301 Democracy Lane, Suite 410 > > Fairfax, Virginia 22030 > > Phone : 703-293-9624 Fax : 703-293-9609 > > e-mail : [email protected] > > http://www.multicasttech.com > > > > Test your network for multicast : > > http://www.multicasttech.com/mt/ > > Status of Multicast on the Web : > > http://www.multicasttech.com/status/index.html > > > > -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: [email protected] US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749
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