Congress looks out for Hollywood

By at 4:53 pm Sunday, Jun 27

A piece by my Wired News colleague Katie Dean about a slew of legislation passed on Capitol Hill this week that could outlaw a range of devices and software, and impose severe penalties on anyone caught trading files. Link. And Andrew Orlowski offers an astute analysis in The Register, which begins: "It may soon be possible to carry around an AK-47 assault rifle and an iPod with you down the street - and be arrested for carrying the iPod." Link

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