Scientists want Net law veto

CobraBoy! (tbyars@earthlink.net)
Wed, 26 Nov 1997 08:49:09 -0800


http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,16814,00.html

By Dan Goodin
November 25, 1997, 6:05 p.m. PT

Legislation awaiting President Clinton's signature
would chill the
free flow of academic information by criminalizing the
distribution
of copyrighted materials via electronic networks such
as the
Internet, a group of computer scientists warned today.

As reported last week, the No Electronic Theft Act
would make
the unauthorized sharing, bartering, or exchanging of
copyrighted
works a criminal offense whether or not the infringer
profited
from the activity.

Tim

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