Subject: downright scary
From: Jim Gribbin (jgribbin@alaska.net)
Date: Thu Jul 25 2002 - 08:41:53 AKDT
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-945976.html
WASHINGTON--Congress is about to consider an entertainment industry
proposal that would authorize copyright holders to disable PCs used for
illicit file trading.
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.
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