On Jan 14, 2008, at 7:59 AM, Craig White wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 07:31 -0700, Chris Gehlker wrote:
>> 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
>>>
>>
>> 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.
> ----
> since no such law was passed, this is relevant how?
I would seem to show that under current law there is no such thing as
attempted copyright infringement and to demonstrate that the RIAA
knows that. The fact that they lobbied hard in 2004 and 2007 for a
new law shows that they thought the old law inadequate.
--
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)
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