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Monday, 29. July 2002

Who are the pirates now?


Several congressmen are introducing a bill that lets the entertainment industry take over people's computers to prevent "piracy".

Or maybe instead of breaking into people's computers, how about hiring deliverymen, utility meter readers, real-estate agents, and so on to enter people's houses and look for ill-gotten copyright material?

And if there is widespread "piracy", shouldn't Coast Guard and Navy respond? Can we have Marine detachments guard our houses and Internet connections?

As for the Congressmen sponsoring this bill, one wonders if they would be happier as highly paid full-time lobbyists for the industry? At the very least they wouldn't be sailing under a false flag of "people's representatives".


 

 
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