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--- Subject: New paper on Berman P2P bill Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:59:40 -0400 From: "Gattuso, James" <James.Gattuso@heritage.org> FYI -- thought you may be interested in this short paper on the Berman P2P bill released last week by Heritage: http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternetandTechnology/EM835.cfm James L. Gattuso Research Fellow in Regulatory Policy The Heritage Foundation 214 Massachusetts Ave. NE Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 608-6244 --- Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 11:51:55 +1000 From: Nathan Cochrane <ncochrane@theage.fairfax.com.au> Organization: The Age newspaper To: declan@well.com Subject: Berman outlines case for P2P bill Hi Declan So anyone who disagrees with Rep Berman is "illogical" and a "piracy profiteer"? But he finishes by saying "I don't claim to have drafted a perfect bill, and I welcome suggestions for improvements". That's what people have been trying to tell him; it will be interesting to see if he takes any of that to heart or if this is just window dressing aimed to jolly us along. By labelling critics as he has, I suggest the latter is the truth. You gotta love the hyperbole: "Some, in the media and among the piracy profiteers, claim that the bill is not limited in this way. They claim that the bill gives a copyright owner immunity for anything she does, no matter how illegal, as long as one effect is to stop piracy on a P2P network. According to their "logic", the bill would allow a copyright owner to burn down a P2P pirate's house if one effect of the arson is to stop the pirate's illegal file trading. Clearly, the bill says nothing of the sort, and no judge or disinterested party could read it that way. " http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20021001_berman.html I don't recall anyone saying this, but by casting such a outrageous comparison anything else looks reasonable. Berman is yet to address the issue of what happens outside the US borders -- obviously not an issue that is high in the minds of Congressmen, but it is the sort of thing that is of interest to the citizens and lawmakers of America's "allies". -- Nathan Cochrane Deputy IT Editor :Next: The Age and Sydney Morning Herald http://www.next.theage.com.au ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------