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7.9.2004
Chicken Little-ism & Inducing Infringement
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In a new piece on the Website of the investment advisory service Motley Fool, Seth Jayson scoffs at the Chicken-Little campaign that is being mounted against the recently introduced "Inducing Infringement" bill:
"We are a nation of whining, sensationalist thieves. Want proof? A new bill introduced in Washington is already being painted as a threat to Apple's iPod. You can almost forgive Gannett's USA Today for running the bogus headline 'Copyright bill poses threat to iPod's future.' After all, the screaming from Web junkies was audible from my house."
As Jayson notes, "It would be nearly impossible for a reasonable person -- and that is the standard used in the bill -- to decide that an iPod is a tool for intentional violation of copyright. Ditto a pay-per-download service with copy-protection schemes."
Jayson describes himself as "Overeducated Wanderer, Photographer, Flute-playing tree-sitter," so it is a bit hard to cast him as a corporate tool.
posted by James DeLong : 7/9/2004 10:08:41 AM
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