Politics: California AG forwards anti-P2P screed on behalf of the MPAA.
However, the metadata associated with the Microsoft Word document indicates it was either drafted or reviewed by a senior vice president of the Motion Picture Association of America. According to this metadata (automatically generated by the Word application), the document’s author or editor is ‘stevensonv.’ (The metadata of a document is viewable through the File menu under Properties.)
Sources tell Wired News that the draft letter’s authorship is attributed to Vans Stevenson, the MPAA’s senior vice president for state legislative affairs. MPAA representatives have issued similar criticisms of P2P technology in the past. Stevenson could not be reached for comment.
Funny:
Humorix: Feds Unveil Practical Method To Combat Spam. ”If a spammer
has access to a list of millions of clue-impaired users, they won’t need
to bother sending spam to anybody else’, Thullweppon argued.’ (thanks
to Kenneth Porter for the link!)