Senate postpones vote on file-swapping bill
The Induce Act, which was scheduled for a markup in the Senate Judiciary committee, is touted as a way to ban file-swapping networks.
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In what appears to be a reaction to from opponents of a
file-swapping bill, a U.S. Senate committee postponed a vote
scheduled for Thursday.
The Induce Act, which was scheduled for a markup in the Senate Judiciary committee, is touted as a way to ban file-swapping networks such as Kazaa and Morpheus--but a host of technology companies fear it would imperil legitimate products as well.