I agree - it would definitely become an all-out war between the general
public and the enforcement agency attempting to carry this out. I'd also
be amused to see said enforcement agency's efforts to attempt a remote
destruction on a reasonably secure system. "Hey, I just checked my logs,
and it looks like riaa.gov has been trying to destroy my computer for the
last 6 weeks...oh well, my tax dollars have to go somewhere!"
The story also mentioned that Sen. Hatch is a composer, which is
presumably the reason for much of his concern. Well, have no fear, for I
solemnly vow that nary a one of the various musical works of one Orrin
Hatch will never cross my LAN. (...nor my CD player, nor even my
eardrum(s))
Levi
> It would be interesting, considering the inept
> expertise the government has with technology, to see
> how they would handle the reaction from the cracking
> public ... an anonymous DOS or worse directed at the
> set of IP's used to carry out this sort of
> legislation.
>
> They need to remember that the fundamental laws of the
> Universe will remain regardless of what they do:
>
> For every action there is an equal but opposite
> re-action :)
>
>
>> Bseides the obvious risk that ``...innocent users
>> might be wrongly targeted'', there are two other
>> major issues I see.
>> 1) "Innocent until proven guilty". Mr. Hatch's
>> proposal violates the Constitution. Plain and
>> simple. Conviction and sentencing without being
>> afforded a trial by a jury of peers, and not being
>> given the right to confront your accusers.
>> 2) "The senator...acknowledged Congress would have
>> to enact an exemption for copyright owners from
>> liability for damaging computers."
>> Law enforcement being carried out by non-law
>> enforcement personnel. This is much different than a
>> "citizen's arrest". This is the actual conviction
>> and sentencing being carried out by civilians. This
>> isn't any different than the lynch mobs from early
>> history.
>>
>> I can just imagine the lawsuit that would come the
>> first time this was done.
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