Great DOS attacks...

"It also would let industry use denial-of-service ( news - web sites) attacks — commonly launched by hackers to flood commercial Web sites — to knock personal computers offline so they can't trade copyrighted songs and films. "


Guess who the Rep. that introduced his bill is getting the majority of contributions from...

"Rep. Howard Berman ( news, bio, voting record), who represents part of Hollywood and is the House's single largest recipient of political donations from the entertainment industry, said his legislation "allows copyright owners to use technology to deal with technological piracy."


Does this piss anyone else off?

Here is a link to the Reps statements to congress about his bill...

http://yahoo.capwiz.com/yahoo/webret...use.gov/berman
"One approach that has not been adequately explored is to allow technological solutions to address technological problems. Technological innovation, as represented by the creation of P2P networks and their subsequent decentralization, has been harnessed to facilitate massive P2P piracy. It is worth exploring, therefore, whether other technological innovations could be harnessed to combat this massive P2P piracy problem. Copyright owners could, at least conceptually, employ a variety of technological tools to prevent the illegal distribution of copyrighted works over a P2P network. Using interdiction, decoys, redirection, file-blocking, spoofs, or other technological tools, technology can help prevent P2P piracy. "

Here is a link to the break down of this bill...

http://yahoo.capwiz.com/yahoo/webret...use.gov/berman

"§514(f)(2) ensures that a copyright owner who fails to qualify for the safe harbor is subject to the full range of liability that would exist in the absence of the safe harbor. In other words, if the interdiction efforts of a copyright owner constitute a violation of a state denial-of-service statute and do not qualify for the safe harbor, the copyright owner could be prosecuted under that statute. "