Wired has obtained a draft document written by California state attorney Bill Lockyer to fellow state attorneys describing P2P software as a dangerous product. Metadata from the Word document indicates it was either drafted or reviewed by a senior vice president at the MPAA. "The draft document, dated February 26, was obtained by Wired News on March 12. Distribution of a revised version to other attorneys general is said to coincide with the spring meeting in Washington, DC, March 15 to 17 of the National Association of Attorneys General, of which Lockyer is President. The attorney general's office plans to release a final version publicly within the coming month, after obtaining additional signatories... However, the metadata associated with the Microsoft Word document indicates it was either drafted or reviewed by a senior vice president of the Motion Picture Association of America. According to this metadata (automatically generated by the Word application), the document's author or editor is "stevensonv." (The metadata of a document is viewable through the File menu under Properties.)"
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