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------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 20:54:43 -0400 To: politech@politechbot.com From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> Subject: FC: U.S. politicians want P2P pirates placed in federal prison Send reply to: declan@well.com
Duncan Frissell (a lawyer and Politech irregular) and I wrote last summer about how Napster users were violating federal criminal laws. This should not be surprising. See:
"Duncan Frissell on why Napster users are federal felons" http://www.politechbot.com/p-02305.html
-Declan
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From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms@computerbytesman.com> To: <declan@well.com> Subject: Forget the war on terrorism, let's go after kids on Kazaa Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 18:32:47 -0400
Ashcroft Asked to Target Online Song Swappers http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=581&e=2&cid=581&u=/nm /20020809/tc_nm/tech_copyright_dc_4
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers have asked Attorney General John Ashcroft to go after Internet users who download unauthorized songs and other copyrighted material, raising the possibility of jail time for digital-music fans.
In a July 25 letter released late Thursday, some 19 lawmakers from both sides of the aisle asked Ashcroft to prosecute "peer-to-peer" networks like Kazaa and Morpheus and the users who swap digital songs, video clips and other files without permission from artists or their record labels.
The Justice Department should also devote more resources to policing online copyrights, the lawmakers said in their letter.
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