[LINK] Guilty until proven innocent

[Anthony Healy]

A person's ISP account is unilaterally frozen in the US after an
unsubstantiated allegation of copyright infringement by the Motion Picture
Association of America (MPAA), citing the DMCA. From Salon; subject line
from ZDNet.

" ...we had evidently been tried, found guilty and penalized before we were
even told of the accusation. The letter went on to inform us that our
account would be suspended for one week, pending assurance from my boyfriend
that it wouldnít happen again. There was no mention of what materials we had
distributed....

But it'll take a lot longer than that to undo the real damage. The incident
raises some serious questions about where our society is headed ..."

http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/08/23/pirate/index.html?chkpt=zdnnh08
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Regards, Tony Healy