[BC] Arrested for just telling people where to findCopywrited material.

[Dana Puopolo]

Yep,

The saying; "Give the people bread and circuses" is as valid today as it was
in Roman times!

-D

------ Original Message ------
Received: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 01:01:24 PM EDT
From: "Thomas G. Osenkowsky" <tosenkowsky at prodigy.net>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: Re: [BC] Arrested for just telling people where to	findCopywrited
material.

Technical (and any other) information can be misused.
As soon as computers became popular, so did hacking,
fraud, pornography, spam and other malicious usages.
People can misuse technical and ham radio information
to construct pirate radio transmitters, CB "freeband"
transmitters and linear amplifiers, cellphone/radar jammers,
etc.

Romance and fiction novels allow people to relax and
indulge in the comfort and privacy of their own homes,
while driving their cars or riding the subways. Technical
information abound on the Internet. Since nearly all Internet
delivery methods fall under the jurisdiction of the FCC, we
as Americans can rest assured the content is true, accurate
and sanitized as well as controlled. That is one reason we
pay taxes. The above is not true of libraries.

Tom Osenkowsky, CPBE