A new wrinkle in the Howell case

[Chris Gehlker]

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.


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And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who  
could not hear the music.
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