The US Senate is reported to be examining proposed legislation known as the Induce Act which would effectively wipe out services and products which could be used for copyright infringement, such as file trading networks, and certain consumer electronics devices.
Under the terms of the not yet public draft Act, which was seen by News.com last week, "whoever intentionally induces any violation" of US copyright law would be liable for that violation. Inducement is defined in the bill as "aids, abets, induces, counsels, or procures".
The proposed legislation is sure to provoke howls of protest from the technology community, which is likely to protest that by making it risky to create new technologies which could theoretically be used for copyright infringement purposes, the US government will regulate innovation out of existence.
Speaking to News.com, Philip Corwin, lobbyist for Sharman Networks, the parent firm of the Kazaa file sharing service observed that:
"It's simple and it's deadly. If you make a product that has dual uses, infringing and not infringing, and you know there's infringement, you're liable."
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