Text 7137, 120 rader
Skriven 2005-09-11 18:54:24 av Mike '/m' (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 7135 av Ellen K. (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: File-sharing Republican blogger tackles Orrin 'hollywood' Hatch
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From: Mike '/m' <mike@barkto.com>


Oh yeah.  I get tons of phishing emails on the email account I use for eBay. 
They are quick to spot, a quick look at the email header gives them away.

 /m

On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:45:13 -0700, Ellen K. <72322.1016@compuserve.com> wrote:

>And PayPal and eBay are the two biggest phishing targets.
>
>On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 11:37:27 -0400, Mike '/m' <mike@barkto.com> wrote in
>message <1nj8i15dmecsdo7qal1u6iilt14sceopal@4ax.com>:
>
>>
>>I've got a PayPal account, but I refuse to allow PayPal to have direct
>>access to my checking account.  PayPal is good for that occasional eBay
>>purchase.
>>
>> /m
>>
>>On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 11:13:02 -0400, "Geo" <georger@nls.net> wrote:
>>
>>>why is it these people all assume you have a paypal account or even want
>>>one?
>>>
>>>Geo.
>>>
>>>"Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>news:43242c3a@w3.nls.net...
>>>>
>>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/09/urquhart_file-share_hatch/
>>>>
>>>> Interview A US politician challenging the pro-Hollywood Utah Senator Orrin
>>>> Hatch is supporting file-sharing as a means to promote business innovation
>>>> and keep the internet free.
>>>>
>>>> Republican challenger Steve Urquhart is taking a pro-small business and
>>>> creative commons stance against Hatch, arguing that hobbling file-sharing
>>>> technology through government legislation, that is enforced through the
>>>> courts, is bad for business. Urquhart is running for the GOP seat against
>>>> Hatch in 2006.
>>>>
>>>> Urquhart has talked out against Hatch's proposed Induce Act, a bill that
>>>> world make "the intentional inducement of copyright infringement" an
>>>> offense. He is also critical of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
>>>(DCMA),
>>>> backed by Hatch - and others - and signed into law.
>>>>
>>>> Urquhart, whose campaign seeks donations from internet users, not just
>>>those
>>>> living and voting in his native land of Utah, believes Hatch's legislation
>>>> plays into the hands of big, corporate media interests and helps stifle
>>>> small business.
>>>>
>>>> "Senator Hatch has shown that he doesn't understand the internet, or at
>>>> least, he does not welcome the kind of democratizing tool it can be,"
>>>> Urquhart told The Register.
>>>>
>>>> "File-sharing technology is value-neutral and it's amazing. The technology
>>>> should be lauded. Like most good things, though, it can be used in
>>>> inappropriate ways. In those cases, the actions, not the technology should
>>>> be discouraged," he said.
>>>>
>>>> Urquhart is sharply critical of both Hatch and the Induce Act, and the
>>>> defense they use of protecting copyright. "I think the threat of potential
>>>> copyright suits by Hollywood and the recording industry makes it difficult
>>>> for new businesses to compete. Small businesses simply won't bother to
>>>enter
>>>> the fray or will fold at the first threat of a suit - even when what they
>>>> are doing is legal," Urquhart said.
>>>>
>>>> He noted big organizations like Disney have built massive franchises by
>>>> taking prior art from the common culture and slapping on their own
>>>> copyright, thereby claiming ownership. "Walt Disney built an empire by
>>>> taking public domain works like Cinderella and dressing them up with his
>>>> imagination," Urquhart said.
>>>>
>>>> He believes the reason legislation like the Induce Act has become possible
>>>> is a result of the lobbying power of entrenched business and what he
>>>called:
>>>> "The lack of appreciation for how fundamentally different the economy and
>>>> business are today than they were when these [politicians] left real life
>>>> and entered the beltway."
>>>>
>>>> "Politicians can best help . . . the internet community by staying out of
>>>> the way. Politicians usually are a few steps behind society. When it comes
>>>> to the internet, they are laps behind," Urquhart said.
>>>>
>>>> Urquhart is a keen blogger and is using his online campaign against Hatch
>>>to
>>>> encourage techies to flex their muscle. The candidate said he'd attracted
>>>> "significant" support from internet users and "many" tech backers in his
>>>> efforts to raise between $750,000 and $1m to fund the 2006 campaign
>>>against
>>>> Hatch.
>>>>
>>>> He claims internet users supporting him share a common chord of wanting a
>>>> senator who understands the internet, and its role in the economy, and who
>>>> is willing to fight to protect the part it plays.
>>>>
>>>> Voting out the incumbent will also send the message to lawmakers in the US
>>>> Congress about the value of file sharing and how the Induce Act, and
>>>similar
>>>> works like the defunct Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion
>>>> Act sponsored by Senator Fritz Hollings - a.k.a "the Senator from
>>>Disney" -
>>>> are ill conceived.
>>>>
>>>> "I'm confident that if the technical community were to help turn out
>>>Senator
>>>> Hatch, 534 other people in Washington would pay closer attention to
>>>> technology in the future," Urquhart said.R
>>>>
>>>>
>>>

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