[TriLUG] (Slightly OT)New Bill in Congress would make file-swapping a felony

[prhodes at vdsinc.com]

There's a new bill floating around in Congress, which would make uploading
even ONE
file over a P2P network a federal felony... get this... punishable by FIVE
YEARS in
jail, and a $250,000 dollar fine.

Holy draconian laws, batman!

More details and discussion can be found at /.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/1250203

Anybody who thinks this is stupid, please contact your congressional
representatives, and register your opposition to this nonsense....


Phillip Rhodes
Application Designer
Voice Data Solutions
919-571-4300 x225
prhodes at vdsinc.com

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