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EFF: Prelude to a Fake Complaint
by ryan is the supernicety at 7:01 pm EDT, Jun 24, 2004

] Apple's iPod music player seemed particularly vulnerable
] to attack. Any major record label could bring a strong
] lawsuit against Apple for "intentionally inducing"
] infringement under this new law with the iPod, both
] because it's plausible to argue that having an iPod
] enhances the lure of using P2P to download music (gotta
] fill all that space!) and because all the major record
] labels still believe that private sharing of songs from
] your CDs with friends is copyright infringement. We still
] disagree with the labels on these points, but the reality
] is that no court has yet convinced them that their legal
] theories are flawed. We also threw in Toshiba for making
] the iPod's hard drive and CNET for showing people how to
] move the iPod's music files.

EFF's discussion of the potential uses of Sen. Hatch's ridiculous INDUCE ACT. Time to get reading, fellas, we may be in for another dmca-type fight.


 
RE: EFF: Prelude to a Fake Complaint
by Decius at 7:19 pm EDT, Jun 24, 2004

ryan is the supernicety wrote:
] EFF's discussion of the potential uses of Sen. Hatch's
] ridiculous INDUCE ACT. Time to get reading, fellas, we may be
] in for another dmca-type fight.

My take so far has been that this is so outlandish that it has a snowballs chance in hell of passing. Does it seem to have strong support in Washington?


 
 
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