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Copyright infringement bill could bring the FBI to your intranetBy Kevin FogartyNov. 26, 2010 |
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 A senator from Oregon has threatened to block a copyright enforcement bill that would give U.S. law enforcement the right to shut down Web sites without trial or defense if it finds the central reason for the site is to distribute copyrighted information illegally. Ron Wyden, (D-Ore.) calls the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act, or COICA bill the “wrong medicine” for copyright infringement, partially because it includes enforcement measures like a sledge hammer, when ice tongs are more appropriate. A similar bill would have killed Pandora, YouTube, and Amazon Music and a range of other sites that broke new ground in content distribution when they launched — ground slow-changing copyright laws and the distributors whose financial interest is in existing business models could not or would not respond to quickly enough. Read More |
