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Posted by Haunted on Aug-01-2002 02:34:

Q about the whole P2P thing

The senate is passing a law or something to stop P2P networks.. what if the program and company originates..in say.. Slovenia..or something. what can the Senate do? im guessing they have the right to stop Americans from using the program.. but how can they really enforce that

Posted by ali92 on Aug-01-2002 02:36:

Re: Q about the whole P2P thing

quote:
Originally posted by Haunted
The senate is passing a law or something to stop P2P networks.. what if the program and company originates..in say.. Slovenia..or something. what can the Senate do? im guessing they have the right to stop Americans from using the program.. but how can they really enforce that

THEY CAN'T. If the programs based in another country, NOTHING can be done. Americans can use it. ANYONE CAN USE IT. NOONE WILL KNOW...

Posted by OrZonE on Aug-01-2002 03:46:

They can issue all the bills they want, even if ONE gets through, itll be some time before it can actually be ENFORCED.

Posted by Aviston on Aug-01-2002 07:06:

I believe you are talking about the Berman Bill. This is a really nasty bill that hopefully won't make it through congress. Basically, it gives *any* copyright holder the power to stop P2P by any means necessary. This includes hacking, DOS attacks, etc. I've heard that if you feel you were wrongly attacked, you can file a charge against them, which has to be investigated within 4 months. Of course, proving that you didn't have anything 'illegal' on your hard drive at the time of the attack might be a little tough. So, I ask you, do you think the average Joe who now has this power is going to check and make sure that their target is located in the United States? What a horrible, horrible idea....