RE: Destroying PCs remotely?

[madsaxon <madsaxon () direcway com>]

At 04:49 PM 6/18/03 +0100, John.Airey () rnib org uk wrote:

> Your constitution says (Amendment V) "No person shall ... be deprived of
> life, liberty, or property, without due process of law".

Yep, that's exactly my argument against this lunacy. You're tried,
convicted, and sentenced on the spot.  What happens if they make
a mistake and you're not actually trading copyrighted files, or
if you have permission to do so? (For example, I have a music
site, and my band's songs are copyrighted, but anyone may download
them for non-commercial use). Is this system going to be so technically
foolproof that serious mistakes won't be made?  I sincerely doubt it.
Unfortunately, the results of any such error are that someone's private
property is destroyed.

I guarantee you that if people start nuking each other's
computers over the Internet in the name of IP protection, this phantom 
thing we've been calling "cyberterrorism" will take on a much more
concrete cast.  Welcome back to the old West, partner.  You better
be packin' a six-shooter, cause every other hombre in town is.

m5x


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