[Wsis-pct] HR 4077 (was Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FBI Seizes Indymedia Servers in the UK)

[Richard Stallman]

    The seizure of Indymedia servers is just a tip of the iceberg. Consider
    HR 4077 - relevant in the US, and wherever TRIPs will enforce it:

What is HR4077?  Is that a bill being considered?

The use of the term "theft of intellectual property" is an indication
of how the authors of this bill are giving way to the propaganda
of the publishers.  The only way to steal a copyright or a patent
is to pretend to be the owner of it.

If this is adopted as a law in the US, it will apply only to US
activities and US entities.  The US government cannot enforce such
laws on foreigners.  Indymedia's server became vulnerable to US
law even though it was in the UK because the server was operated
in the UK by a US corporation.  That is to be avoided.