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Does H.R. 5211 allow copyright owners to hack into my computer?

April 26, 2017Computer copyright h.r hack owners

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Does H.R. 5211 allow copyright owners to hack into my computer?

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No. Despite wildly inaccurate press reports, H.R. 5211 in no way allows a copyright owner to hack into anyones computer. Copyright owners are only allowed to enter or look into a P2P users computer to the same extent that any other P2P user is able to do so. In other words, if a KaZaA user has advertized to all 100 million other KaZaA users that he wants to download or distribute a copyrighted song, the songwriter is not hacking if she reads the advertisement like everyone else. H.R. 5211 then allows the songwriter to take certain, limited actions to stop the distribution of her copyrighted song between KaZaA users, but in no way allows her to enter or look into a private area of those KaZaA users computers.