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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [QB] In the case of that law, it's so vague that it (seems to) outlaw ANY peer-to-peer file sharing system -- or at least, that's the way I've been reading it in the articles, and at how it may be enforced. Sure, piracy is piracy and is wrong. Strange as it may seem, I've never participated in any of those kinds of file-sharing programs. But I can think of several other methods and means that could fall under the same qualifications described above and still be "right" in principle. For instance -- if someone gets a draft version of an upcoming "Enterprise" episode script and posts it on their web page for viewing, they might be liable for $250,000 in damages and several years in prison, should Paramount decide to crack down on it and claim that they're losing money because of the "theft." My point is that the people who wrote these kinds of laws either did not forsee the extent to which information availability would develop over the Internet, or else were in the back pockets of the various entertainment industry organizations. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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