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p2p Shriekers Force Network Lock-Downs

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trimMail's Email Battles; By Brian J. Gillette
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Europe's answer to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, BEUC added another line yesterday to those previously drawn in the sand, declaring that consumers have the "right to benefit from technological innovations without abusive restrictions," and redundantly, the "right not to be criminalised."

Besieged Owners of Various Assets heard this as "the right to steal anything, anytime without being hassled."

Thus, the circle is complete. Network managers are surrounded.

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does this feel like sueing the phone companies for allowing/blocking phone calls between criminals -- or even worse, between people that were profiled to be likely criminals?

Apparently the absurd becomes OK, as long as you 'do it with computers'.

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