peer-to-peer networks, entertainment industry and ISPs

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"Very clearly this is a second wave of efforts to apply random liability to Internet service providers," McClure said. "This is very similar to the initial environment of the Internet circa 1995 and 1996. The underlying philosophy is that if it is too difficult or expensive or inconvenient to determine who's actually breaking the law, it's easier to assign liability to someone else in hopes of making money from them. It's not a serious effort to combat criminal activity since it doesn't target the criminal."

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