the internet is for copiers
Induce Act post-mortem:
Markham Erickson, general counsel for NetCoalition, said the talks really broke down over a fundamental fear that almost any service or software could be construed as a suspect P2P network. He pointed out that even internet browsers allow people to copy files.
“The entire internet is one big copying machine,” he said.
— Wired News: Toe-to-Toe Over Peer-to-Peer
Glad they figured that one out before passing the legislation.
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