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Same shit, different asshole.

Honestly, I don’t even feel compelled to comment on this one because what he wants is just so absurd I don’t think it could actually pass, he hasn’t actually filed any paperwork yet, and TorrentFreak’s write-up says everything that needs to be said.

Quoth the Blog:

“When it comes to legislation, the Internet is, for many of the US’ congressional branch, the proverbial unknown quantity. The majority of US politicians are lawyers, and their staffers, trained as they are in law, PR, media relations and other such subjects, simply don’t seem to grasp what the Internet is about.

It seems then, that instead of hiring, or listening to people who will tell them the truth, or at least explain what happens in a way they can understand, they listen to lobbyists who tell them a bunch of lies, and hand over some cash to ‘prove it’s true’. There can be little other reason for the actions of Congressman Howard L. Berman at a recent US Chamber of Commerce panel on ‘antipiracy’ held in Hollywood.

Variety is reporting that at the end of this get together, Berman promised legislation that will require ISPs to send warning letters to their users, if they access ‘pirated content’. He has reportedly said he’ll introduce legislation to this effect soon, maybe next month.”

Surprise, surprise, Hollywood’s rep takes huge bribes..er, contributions, from the MPAA. The most interesting thing about this will be the ISP’s reaction, as they don’t seem to be on anybody’s side but their own.

Also,
I got an email back from TorrentSpy’s lawyer, Ira Rothken, today. Seems the reason they want the RAM/logs of the tracker serves is to correlate the download of the actuall .torrent file with harvested information about simultaneous downloads from peers in the swarm. Anomos will address and circumvent this.

That’s all for now.
R

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