Friday, September 03, 2004

Back to the Drawing Board

Targeting particular companies may be the future of telecommunications law, but it may not be a particularly successful future. Sounds a bit like gun control, actually.
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Copyright Office Drafts New Version of "Induce Act"

The U.S. Copyright Office has drafted a new version of the Induce Act that it believes will ban networks like Kazaa and Morpheus while not putting hardware such as portable hard drives and MP3 players on the wrong side of the law. The original Induce Act has been severely criticized for possibly jeopardizing products such Apple Computer's iPod that could "induce" people to commit piracy.
    
(Source: CNET News.com)

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