A new wrinkle in the Howell case

[Chris Gehlker]

Apparently the RIAA tried to get a law through congress last year  
making it a infringement of copyright to simply have copies of  
copyrighted files in one's shared folder.
<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070730-attempted-infringment-appears-in-new-house-intellectual-property-bill.html 
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Under this law, 'attempted infringement' or 'making  available' would  
have been actionable and the record companies would  not have had to  
prove that actual infringement took place.
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And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who  
could not hear the music.
-Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, philosopher (1844-1900)