A Corporate Telecom Lawyer's perspective on P2P hacking - Sarah Deutsch is a VP and Associate General Counsel of Verizon. Her company is against the Berman-Coble bill. Here's what she says, speaking on behalf of Verizon:
We oppose the Berman bill. It's very troubling in that it essentially permits one particular segment of the U.S. industry to engage in vigilantism on the Internet. So, for example, the content community could engage in denial-of-service attacks, as long as they have a reasonable belief that they were defending their copyright.
Perhaps not surprisingly, other telecom companies share Verizon's view: AT&T, WorldCom, together with U.S. Cable & Wireless, and the other Bell companies are against the Berman bill, according to Ms. Deutsch. Verizon also opposes most of the other legislation that we've been discussing here in blogland. Just go read the article. At last, a counterweight to Hollywood.
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How does one eulogize a mentor? My friend Greg Grimsal offered these words at the funeral of the judge that he clerked for. I didn't know Judge Edward Boyle very well, even though I clerked in the Eastern District when he was there and met him once or twice. After reading Greg's words I wish I had known him better; he was obviously a great man.
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