Posted by db on 11/18/05 15:02

"Dana" <dana@panix.com> wrote in message
news:Pine.NEB.4.63.0511172233001.20212@panix1.panix.com...
> On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Edward Teach wrote:
>
>> I heard on a recent radio news broadcast that lawmakers are considering
>> penalties of up to six years in prison for P2P file sharers. Welcome to
>> the
>> U$A.
>
> That is why winmx went down in the first place. The isps are cracking down
> on this downloading and sharing files.

It's not the ISPs 'cracking down', it's the media companies themselves.
They want to retain/gain control of the 'market' so they can keep the money
rolling in.

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