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Skriven 2005-09-12 02:18:42 av Ellen K. (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 7137 av Mike '/m' (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: File-sharing Republican blogger tackles Orrin 'hollywood' Hatch
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From: Ellen K. <72322.1016@compuserve.com>

The weirdest thing is that I have a fake yahoo email that I have never used on
eBay (actually I haven't been to eBay in about 6 years), and I have never been
to PayPal at all, and I get all these phishing spams there for eBay and PayPal.

On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:54:24 -0400, Mike '/m' <mike@barkto.com> wrote in
message <7bd9i1pohv0qoe8a7pchpm9qa8tuu84k0a@4ax.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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