[free-sklyarov] Forget the war on terrorism, let's go after kids on Kazaa

[tompoe at renonevada.net]

Hi: Where's the letter?
Thanks,
Tom Poe
Open Studios
Reno, NV

Richard M. Smith wrote:
> Ashcroft Asked to Target Online Song Swappers
> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=581&e=2&cid=581&u=/nm/2
> 0020809/tc_nm/tech_copyright_dc_4
> 
> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers have asked Attorney General John
> Ashcroft to go after Internet users who download unauthorized songs and
> other copyrighted material, raising the possibility of jail time for
> digital-music fans. 
> 
> In a July 25 letter released late Thursday, some 19 lawmakers from both
> sides of the aisle asked Ashcroft to prosecute "peer-to-peer" networks
> like Kazaa and Morpheus and the users who swap digital songs, video
> clips and other files without permission from artists or their record
> labels. 
> 
> The Justice Department should also devote more resources to policing
> online copyrights, the lawmakers said in their letter. 
> 
> ...
> 
> 
> 
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