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Old 18-09-02, 01:06 AM   #1
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Thumbs up Consumer electronics trade group: P2P not illegal or immoral

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-958324.html

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From the story:

After months of making low-key complaints, a consumer electronics maker trade group on Tuesday launched a bitter attack on record labels' and movie studios' anti- piracy campaigns.

In a speech given at a storage technology conference in San Francisco, Consumer Electronics Association CEO Gary Shapiro blasted the copyright owners' "scorched earth" legal and policy drives. He also warned policymakers against passing new legislation without serious scrutiny of labels' and movie studios' claims.

"The entire theme of the copyright community is that downloading off the Web is both illegal and immoral," Shapiro said, according to the text of his speech. "It is neither."
An important statement and stand. More heavy weight commercial counter forces against the copyright nazis.

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