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[FYI] California to force file sharers to wear name tags



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o_wear_name_tags.html>

California to force file sharers to wear name tags
Andrew Raff
March 19, 2004

A bill (AB 2735) introduced into the California state legislator 
would make unauthorized file sharing a crime, "punishable by a fine
not exceeding $2,500, imprisonment in a county jail for a period not
exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment for a
person who is not the copyright owner to knowingly electronically
disseminate a commercial recording or audiovisual work without
disclosing his or her true name and address, and the title of the
recording or audiovisual work."

LA Times: Setting a Trap for Net Pirates
The Culver City Democrat is pushing a bill that would require 
California file sharers to attach their real names and addresses to 
the copyrighted goodies they let others download over networks like 
Kazaa and Morpheus.

Critics of the bill note that because the bill requires all file 
sharers to use their real name and address, regardless of the content 
of the files they share, it is probably an unconstitutional 
restriction on the First Amendment protections for anonymous speech. 

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