FC: P2P foes Berman and Coble defend hacking bill

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-959774.html

   P2P foes defend hacking bill
   By Declan McCullagh 
   September 26, 2002, 2:44 PM PT

   WASHINGTON--Supporters of a proposed law that would permit copyright
   holders to assail peer-to-peer networks angrily defended it on
   Thursday, saying it had been mischaracterized by opponents.
   
   During the first congressional hearing on the bill, Reps. Howard
   Berman, D-Calif., and Howard Coble, R-N.C., denounced critics' "scare
   tactics" and said their proposal was a modest plan that had been
   carefully crafted to reduce piracy on peer-to-peer networks.
   
   "There have been some truly outrageous attacks," Berman said. "I never
   expected that anyone would challenge the underlying premise of the
   bill, namely that copyrighted owners should be able to use reasonable,
   limited measures to thwart peer-to-peer piracy."

   [...]



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