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

[Richard M. Smith]

I looked some, but couldn't find it.  If any one on the list does locate
the URL for the congressional letter, please post it on the list.

Here's the RIAA press release which supports the letter:

   http://www.riaa.org/PR_story.cfm?id=543

Richard

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From: tompoe at renonevada.net [mailto:tompoe at renonevada.net] 
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 10:52 PM
To: Richard M. Smith
Cc: free-sklyarov at zork.net
Subject: Re: [free-sklyarov] Forget the war on terrorism, let's go after
kids on Kazaa


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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