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Copyright Crackdown, Part XXXVII

Jesse Walker | 7.22.2004 9:47 AM


The INDUCE Act, a bipartisan bill sponsored by Sens. Leahy and Hatch, is a sweeping measure to punish people who "induce" copyright infringement as though they commited the infringement themselves. George Pieler explains just how bad an idea that is.

Books Editor Jesse Walker is the author of Rebels on the Air and The United States of Paranoia.