A new wrinkle in the Howell case

[Craig White]

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.
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since no such law was passed, this is relevant how?

Craig