Senator Plans P2P Summit - P2P-Zone

multi · 16-01-04, 06:03 AM

U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman plans to convene a peer-to-peer (P2P) summit within the next two months in hopes of avoiding a federally mandated response to online piracy. The Minnesota Republican said the answers to protecting copyrighted material are more likely to be found through technological innovation rather than passage of more laws.

After holding several P2P hearings last year, Congress is dealing with multiple pieces of proposed legislation concerning the distribution, use and design of P2P networking software. Most of the proposed laws are intended to stop and/or penalize file sharing of copyrighted material, particularly music and movies.

Other bills are aimed at protecting minors who use P2P software to inadvertently download pornographic material, especially child pornography. The bill would, in effect, limit the availability of P2P software in the process.

Tom Steward, Coleman's communications director, told internetnews.com,"solutions are being developed in the private sector but not all the parties are talking with other. We want to get everyone in the same room."

Steward said Internet service providers (ISP), hardware and software executives, P2P companies, entertainment industry leaders, technology experts, privacy advocates, academics and entrepreneurs will be invited to the Washington roundtable to discuss the issue.

"In 1998, Congress passed legislation that was intended to protect the entertainment industry and copyrights," Coleman said last Friday at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. "Yet, within less than five years, the legislation was bypassed by technology. With the advent of technology such as peer-to-peer networking, law, technology and ethics are now not in synch. We need to find other ways to solve the problems rather than issuing lawsuits and lobbying Congress to pass tougher laws."

Coleman is a leading critic of the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) legal tactics in suing individual file swappers. In August, Coleman sent a letter to the RIAA expressing concern the music industry was in danger of abusing its broad-based subpoena authority to determine the extent of illegal file sharing in the U.S. more

Mazer · 16-01-04, 09:30 AM

Pardon my paranoia, but it sounds like he's in league with Carly Fiornia. I'm all for smaller government and fewer laws, but I don't think law enforcement should be turned over to private corporations either.

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multi Thanks for being with arse Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The other side of the world Posts: 10,343	Senator Plans P2P Summit U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman plans to convene a peer-to-peer (P2P) summit within the next two months in hopes of avoiding a federally mandated response to online piracy. The Minnesota Republican said the answers to protecting copyrighted material are more likely to be found through technological innovation rather than passage of more laws. After holding several P2P hearings last year, Congress is dealing with multiple pieces of proposed legislation concerning the distribution, use and design of P2P networking software. Most of the proposed laws are intended to stop and/or penalize file sharing of copyrighted material, particularly music and movies. Other bills are aimed at protecting minors who use P2P software to inadvertently download pornographic material, especially child pornography. The bill would, in effect, limit the availability of P2P software in the process. Tom Steward, Coleman's communications director, told internetnews.com,"solutions are being developed in the private sector but not all the parties are talking with other. We want to get everyone in the same room." Steward said Internet service providers (ISP), hardware and software executives, P2P companies, entertainment industry leaders, technology experts, privacy advocates, academics and entrepreneurs will be invited to the Washington roundtable to discuss the issue. "In 1998, Congress passed legislation that was intended to protect the entertainment industry and copyrights," Coleman said last Friday at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. "Yet, within less than five years, the legislation was bypassed by technology. With the advent of technology such as peer-to-peer networking, law, technology and ethics are now not in synch. We need to find other ways to solve the problems rather than issuing lawsuits and lobbying Congress to pass tougher laws." Coleman is a leading critic of the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) legal tactics in suing individual file swappers. In August, Coleman sent a letter to the RIAA expressing concern the music industry was in danger of abusing its broad-based subpoena authority to determine the extent of illegal file sharing in the U.S. more __________________ i beat the internet - the end boss is hard Secret Temple of It

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16-01-04, 09:30 AM	#2
Mazer Earthbound misfit Join Date: May 2001 Location: Moses Lake, Washington Posts: 2,563	Pardon my paranoia, but it sounds like he's in league with Carly Fiornia. I'm all for smaller government and fewer laws, but I don't think law enforcement should be turned over to private corporations either.