Comments on: Congress Reopens Investigation of Limewire

By: Congressman Proposes Banning LimeWire from Govt PCs

Congressman Proposes Banning LimeWire from Govt PCs — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:23:19 +0000

[...] House Oversight and Government Reform Committee reopened an investigation into LimeWire this past April and demanded to know what it was doing to address [...]

By: Limewire: il nostro P2P è pulito « P2P blog

Limewire: il nostro P2P è pulito « P2P blog — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:59:02 +0000

[...] Limewire resta un sorvegliato speciale del Congresso statunitense. Meno di un paio di settimane fa era stato chiesto a gran voce che venisse fatto qualcosa per evitare che si ripetessero i casi eclatanti che hanno [...]

By: mountain_rage

mountain_rage — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:29:06 +0000

Well clearly this has nothing to do with privacy concerns. Darrell E. Issa is trying to springboard the issue by using fear tactics that people will support. Its like the current attempts for censorship being pushed forward, and following the push copyright protection is attached. Governments and organizations are trying to conceal their true intention within programs people support.

By: soulxtc

soulxtc — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:40:08 +0000

@Chad
Exactly. Any decent employer rigorously protects against anybody installing them, why is the IT dept for a company churning out TOP SECRET military products allowed to drop the ball?

By: Chad

Chad — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:50:00 +0000

“But, it belies the same response that Gorton made to Rep Issa two years ago during the initial investigation when the congressman asked if P2P and file-sharing programs could lead to a “cyber Pearl Harbor.” Gorton rebutted by asking why a P2P program like Limewire was on sensitive home or govt PC in the first place.”

Why is it on those computers? I just work in a regular office & our IT dept. makes damn sure nobody installs anything on these machines.