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Re: Music-swapping hurts national security?


From: "Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:49:43 -0500

Maybe they should have said that allowing government workers to
download and install P2P sharing software is a national security risk
- and it certainly is. But one would think they'd already have that
policy written and well known...

On 3/14/07, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
<rMslade () shaw ca> wrote:
I'm sorry, but this just seems to go a bit beyond the realms of reasonable
precaution.  I mean, I'm an author (even though text-only), so presumably I've
got a reason to support copyright.  But music-swapping as a threat to national
security?  OK, the file-sharing being a dangerous activity I can buy: I've always
said that it (along with IM) is extremely dangerous.
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