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OK Beav, let's go.

1. You mischaracterized the point of the article, not me. That wouldn't be a concern, but you berated others under a false premise.

2. The meat of our discussion.
The quote was not my own, it was from the article.
You apparently agree that the RIAA wants to shut down P2P networks - the ostensible reason is to stop copyright infringement. Let's expand this a little bit shall we?
A. P2P has significant NON-INFRINGING utility. This alone should insure that P2P networks should not be shut down. The same arguments about copyright infingement were used thirty years ago when Sony introduced the VCR, and were demolished. Same thing with Xerox and the copier.
B. The equivilancy from my subject line. Some equivilant arguments:
1- "DEA executives--who have long sought to close interstate highways for their use in shipping illicit drugs--also began citing the dangers of oral sex on highways such as I-95."
2-"Off-track betting executives--who have long sought to close telephone networks for illegal gambling--also began citing the dangers of phone sex with minors on networks such as Verizon."

As to the actual question that you asked :
Maybe. The RIAA has interfered in other technologies in an attempt to premtively counteract "piracy." You do know that the RIAA attempted to get the federal government to levy a tax on every CD in order to account for piracy, don't you? They succeeded in Canada. The RIAA has also attempted to get CD-ROM manufacturers to include anti-piracy hardware in every CD-ROM/R/RW drive sold.

None of what I've written condones copyright infringement or child porn in any way shape or form.

Posted by: Letophoro   Posted on: 05/17/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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