Hollywood tries hacking tactics

July 28, 2002 by  
Filed under Tech News

There’s a bill out there that will allow the music/movie industry to hack into personal computers to search for illegal material. Isn’t that an invasion of privacy??

Hollywood is hoping a law will be passed that would allow it to use hacking techniques to prevent the illegal download of music and movies from the internet.

A bill introduced in the US seeks to allow the industry to hack into personal computers to search for illegal material.

It could also allow technology to be used to disrupt or disable computers known to be trading in copyrighted films or music. Read Article

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