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Law against the IT industry

27.06.2004

A bill has been submitted to the US Senate that, if passed, will lead to dramatic changes in the IT industry.

The bill, called the Stimulus Act, was lobbied by powerful copyright holders concerned about the growing popularity of P2P networks. As critics of this bill say, it interprets copyright too broadly. Thus, the "Incentive Act" introduces liability for copyright infringement, expressed in "aiding, abetting, stimulating, recommending or providing."

Phillip Corvin, a lobbyist for Sharman Networks (Kazaa) remarked, "If you make a dual-use product and you know it's being used to infringe copyright, you could be held liable."

If the Stimulus Act is passed, not only P2P networks will be affected, but even manufacturers of consumer video equipment, CD-RW and DVD-RW devices, as well as related software that allows you to copy files.

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