DRACONIAN copyright laws in the US have fuelled the development of computer networks that aid and abet terrorists, a conference on homeland security will be told next week.
Computer scientist Adam Young will tell the Conference on Advanced Technologies for Homeland Security in Storrs, Connecticut, that the US’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act has led to the development of advanced file-sharing networks that help terrorists share information in a way that cannot be traced.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has used the act, which outlaws the circumvention of copy protection measures, to sue hundreds of people for distributing music…
