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Lawmaker Wants Regulation of File-Sharing Services

A senior U.S. lawmaker said that it may be time for the government to regulate companies that provide online file-sharing services after a number of people managed to access FBI files, medical records and Social Security numbers. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns said during a hearing on the safety of peer-to-peer software that he was astonished at privacy breaches involving LimeWire, operated by the Lime Group.

  • Read the article: Reuters | Posted: 7/29/2009 09:15:00 PM | Permalink


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