Government Suggested to Regulate P2P

[Guest]

This is NONSENSE. Most of the big P2P sites are not in the USA. These American politicians are ignorant fools. There's NOTHING they can do about P2P sites and torrent trackers in countries that thumb their noses at US copyright laws.

Long live P2P!

 

[gorehound]

1984 is on the way

 

[nekatreven]

Translation: "Some of our people in government offices are too stupid to install limewire without sharing their my docs and getting pwned."

To the man's credit he only said that he was trying to prevent P2P software from being on GOVERNMENT computers:

According to Reuters, Towns will introduce legislation that bans open network, unsecure, peer-to-peer software from all networks and computers relating to the government and its contractors.

I'd actually be for that part. Those govt. folk lose stuff too much to have that kind of software. If they start trying to introduce legislation for the public and the Internet as a whole though...they can shove it.

 

[v1ze]

[citation][nom]montezuma[/nom]The Federal Government has gotten out of hand. The Democratic Party has lost sight of what the United States stands for. It is within the Government's power to regulate commerce, but not what private citizens do on their own time. If I choose to use "P2P" to transmit information I own, or is for public use, it is not the Government's right to monitor that.Such actions fall into a police action, which is illegal without a warrant. Unless they are going to monitor what we are transmitting, then what else is there to regulate?[/citation]
/facepalm

 

[nun]

[citation][nom]fulle[/nom]So, you're a new IT person and you come in to see people with Limewire on their computers and no banned software list in the IT Policy. Who wouldn't point this out as a serious problem in the first meeting they attend? End users shouldn't be given too much slack, since they'll just hang themselves with it. But, instead of changing the way they handle things internally, its the horrible P2P software's fault. Grow some accountability, you fucking incompetent government sheep.[/citation]
aint that the truth!

 

[rdawise]

[citation][nom]montezuma[/nom]The Federal Government has gotten out of hand. The Democratic Party has lost sight of what the United States stands for. It is within the Government's power to regulate commerce, but not what private citizens do on their own time. If I choose to use "P2P" to transmit information I own, or is for public use, it is not the Government's right to monitor that.Such actions fall into a police action, which is illegal without a warrant. Unless they are going to monitor what we are transmitting, then what else is there to regulate?[/citation]

Might have agreed with you until you said that the Democratic Party. Both party have issues (Patriot Act anyone).

I am impressed that most (of cousre not all) actually read that this applies to GOVERNMENT COMPUTERS AND THEIR CONTRACTORS. I just more people would read before putting on their tin foil hats....

 

[seatrotter]

"As far as I am concerned, the days of self-regulation should be over for the file-sharing industry," Towns said in the hearing. "In the last administration, the Federal Trade Commission took a see-no-evil, hear-no-evil approach to the file sharing software industry. I hope the new administration is revisiting that approach."

There are more serious issues than the P2P issue. Or at least as serious as the P2P issue. But then again, what do you expect from most of the politicians?

"As far as I am concerned, the days of self-regulation should be over for the health care industry," Towns said in the hearing. "In the last administration, the government took a see-no-evil, hear-no-evil approach to the file sharing software industry. I hope the new administration is revisiting that approach."

"As far as I am concerned, the days of self-regulation should be over for the telecommunications industry," Towns said in the hearing. "In the last administration, the government took a see-no-evil, hear-no-evil approach to the file sharing software industry. I hope the new administration is revisiting that approach."

"As far as I am concerned, the days of self-regulation should be over for the banking industry," Towns said in the hearing. "In the last administration, the government took a see-no-evil, hear-no-evil approach to the file sharing software industry. I hope the new administration is revisiting that approach."

 

[seatrotter]

Ooppss... forgot to replace the remaining "file sharing software" references

 

[seatrotter]

Can we have an "edit comment" feature?

 

[Zingam]

I am not an American but I always thought that democrats are pigs!

But I don't get it! Were these idiots George Bush and McCain the only available Republicans?

 

[Zingam]

[citation][nom]anamaniac[/nom]I'm Canadian, Eh!And I refuse to even be bothered with American law... though sadly enough Americansa like to muslce Canada into whatever it pleases (we're their bitch, seriously).[/citation]


Great Brittain is their bitch too. Are you jealous?

 

[Guest]

Towns is a moron. Regardless of government regulations folks will continue to share files unimpeded. If the regulations force the P2P software creators to build "government secure" platforms then folks will simply use earlier versions. I went to Limewire 5 and was so dissatisfied that I got an old 4 version and am perfectly happy. Mark Montgomery boboberg@nyc.rr.com

 

[winglerw28]

I don't see this as an issue...

 

[winglerw28]

I think people are misunderstanding whats going on here. He wants to regulate P2P that connects to government systems.

File sharing in a public domain would be too hard to manage if they wanted regulation, and would most likely lead to more 'I sue you, you sue me' instances that solve nothing. Either that, or the government can track incoming information to your computer and arrest you for illegally downloading some movie, which again would require mass amounts of cooperation and tons of law enforcement that we just don't have for every single person.

 

[papasmurf]

Obama is trying to make more jobs hahah by the end of his administration the federal government will have grown so much that every American will have a government job and our taxes will pay our wages... oh wait

 

[Guest]

Yea... The world trade centers collapsed STRAIGHT DOWN into dust in 10 secs due to hydrocarbon fires that burned at 1000 o for an hour.
The war on Terror began and so did the destruction of American freedoms.
Notice how the Obama government has not persecuted ANY of the Bush administration's CRIMINALS!!

Their next move? Shut down free sharing of information over the net.
That's why they are now trying to scare us, saying terrorist can launch nukes over the net and how cyber crime is on the rise.

Don't fall for it people, this is propaganda!

 

[annymmo]

[citation][nom]dman3k[/nom]It's understandable that the government wants stop the sharing of classified information over P2P, but why was it even shared in the first place?Somebody must have put the information on his MacBook and iPhone...[/citation]

Their idiots.
If you look close, you might even find a politician that doesn't know that you can install software on a computer or what network or internet means.

 

[annymmo]

Ethereal_Dragon and ravenware are saying it good.
Man can't believe this happends.

If the military can't figure out how to play a DVD without auto-play.
Man the government is so screwed.
And instead of keeping things quiet and close the security holes.
They start to shout that they make laws about it.
They are such dumb asses.

The government needs a functional IT-department.
And every application that would be used should be presented to that IT-department on forehand.

 

[compulsionnra]

Most of the limewire information "thefts" are from idiots sharing their important documents folders. If you are dumb enough to share your folder directories with your tax forms and home loan info then you deserve to have your stuff stolen.

 

[Guest]

So, basically, someone (or several people) in a government position was stupid enough to share files that shouldn't have been shared, so this asshole, instead of holding those specific people accountable, wants to waste time 'investigating whether or not P2P software using "inadequate safeguards" constitute unfair trade practice', to quote the article exactly.

Ever get the feeling it was actually HIM that was stupid enough to share sensitive information, and is looking for a way to blame someone else?