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

[Jim Ray]

sex in anything other than missionary position in North Carolina is also
illegal.

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	From: prhodes at vdsinc.com [mailto:prhodes at vdsinc.com] 
	Sent: Thu 7/17/2003 10:46 AM 
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	Subject: [TriLUG] (Slightly OT)New Bill in Congress would make
file-swapping a felony
	
	





	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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