Senate wants to ban P2P
Found on The Inquirer on Thursday, 24 June 2004
In a move that indicated that he understood P2P technology extremely well, Senate Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch told CNET that the problem was like 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,' where the leering 'Child Catcher' lured children into danger with false promises of 'free lollipops'.
He said that some corporations thought they can legally profit by inducing children to steal and that they can legally lure children and others with false promises of free music.
Not surprisingly the bill's candy men are the Music and Entertainment industry, which ironically have been working to catch children in a raft of writs and taking them to court for copyright infringement.
They realize they cannot stop users, so they try to ban P2P. What a cunning plan. Some people violate laws by killing others, so we should ban the weapon industry. Some drivers ignore traffic regulations, so we should ban cars. Spammers ignore CAN-SPAM and send out pornographic messages, so we should ban sex. Problems are so easy to solve sometimes.