Return-Path: <sentto-279987-5048-1027743704-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Fri, 26 Jul 2002 21:25:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 22777 invoked by uid 510); 27 Jul 2002 04:20:49 -0000 Received: from n16.grp.scd.yahoo.com (66.218.66.71) by all.net with SMTP; 27 Jul 2002 04:20:49 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-5048-1027743704-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.94] by n16.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 Jul 2002 04:21:44 -0000 X-Sender: fastflyer28@yahoo.com X-Apparently-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_7_4); 27 Jul 2002 04:21:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 50959 invoked from network); 27 Jul 2002 04:21:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 27 Jul 2002 04:21:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO web14510.mail.yahoo.com) (216.136.224.169) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 Jul 2002 04:21:43 -0000 Message-ID: <20020727042143.11080.qmail@web14510.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [68.100.20.143] by web14510.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 21:21:43 PDT To: iwar@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: <200207250320.g6P3KjZ29110@red.all.net> From: "e.r." <fastflyer28@yahoo.com> X-Yahoo-Profile: fastflyer28 Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 21:21:43 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [iwar] Could Hollywood hack your PC? (fwd) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.4 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,FROM_ENDS_IN_NUMS,SUBJ_HAS_Q_MARK,RISK_FREE,FREE_MONEY,SUPERLONG_LINE version=2.20 X-Spam-Level: Don't let your panty hose get all in a bunch over this bill. While the House has passed some outlandish bills of late, it has been for the consumption of their constituants-alone. Example: the case of the Bill that would have sent hackersa to jail for life was dead and buried by the Senate 24 hours after passage by the House. The days remaining in the summer sesion are quickly fading away. If I'm not mistaken, there is an election this fall. The only matter that will receive any "air time" -baring serious problem- is finalizing the fedegal budget. Other than that, it is only political white noise. Fear not, cyber pals. Neither John Ashcroft is going to suspend the constitution, nor will Hollywood gain the right to Hack into our lives. Fred Cohen wrote: Could Hollywood hack your PC? By Declan McCullagh July 23, 2002, 4:45 PM a ASHINGTON--Congress is about to consider an entertainment industry proposal that would authorize copyright holders to disable PCs used for illicit file trading. A draft bill seen by CNET News.com marks the boldest political effort to date by record labels and movie studios to disrupt peer-to-peer networks that they view as an increasingly dire threat to their bottom line. Sponsored by Reps. Howard Berman, D-Calif., and Howard Coble, R-N.C., the measure would permit copyright holders to perform nearly unchecked electronic hacking if they have a "reasonable basis" to believe that piracy is taking place. Berman and Coble plan to introduce the 10-page bill this week. The legislation would immunize groups such as the Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America from all state and federal laws if they disable, block or otherwise impair a "publicly accessible peer-to-peer network." 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. According to the draft, the attorney general must be given complete details about the "specific technologies the copyright holder intends to use to impair" the normal operation of the peer-to-peer network. Those details would remain secret and would not be divulged to the public. The draft bill doesn't specify what techniques, such as viruses, worms, denial-of-service attacks, or domain name hijacking, would be permissible. It does say that a copyright-hacker should not delete files, but it limits the right of anyone subject to an intrusion to sue if files are accidentally erased. Source: http://news.com.com/2100-1023-945923.html?tag=politech Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Free $5 Love Reading Risk Free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/NsdPZD/PfREAA/Ey.GAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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