I read about this over on
MyDD. Go - read -
write your senators. (Levin & Stabenow just got my email.)
Excerpt -
Critics say the bill would effectively outlaw peer-to-peer networks and prohibit the development of new technologies, including devices like the iPod. The Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act (S. 2560) was introduced last month by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), head of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The legislation would hold a company liable that "intentionally induces" a person to infringe copyright.
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From Markham Erickson, counsel for NetCoalition, a public policy group that represents Internet companies like Google, Yahoo and ISP's.
"This takes an objective standard and replaces it with a subjective one that allows a copyright holder to try and determine the intent of a company when producing a product," Erickson said. "It's not outside the realm of possibility that you would be placing the entertainment industry in charge of technological innovation if this law were passed."
I believe this bill is ridiculous. I was disappointed to see that it is co-sponsored by Orrin Hatch, Tom Daschle, Patrick Leahy, and Barbara Boxer.
Because some people are using technology illegally, we have to get rid of it all?! Just because some people use guns illegally doesn't mean that the US will ever ban all guns. I wouldn't support that bill, and I don't support Senate bill 2560.
(Apologies if this was a duplicate post - I didn't see anything recent. Clyde posted this back on July 8th here at dKos, and this over at MyDD.)