By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer NEW YORK (August 21, 2002 6:34 a.m. EDT) - Upset by legislation that would give the entertainment industry broad technical powers to smother online copyright infringement, a small Internet service provider has decided to fight back. Omachonu Ogali, owner of Information Wave Technologies, said he would use techniques similar to a honeypot meant to attract pests. The method would involve placing fake music files on the Gnutella file-sharing network to identify computers that attempt to disrupt that network. Those computers, presumably working on behalf of the movie and music industries, would later be blocked from reaching the Information Wave Technologies network. Ogali also began blocking customers Monday from accessing the Recording Industry Association of America's Web site. The effect will be mostly symbolic. Information Wave has only about 25 customers, mostly business, in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, and it's unlikely any blocks to his network would stop the industry's efforts elsewhere. A bill proposed by Rep. Howard L. Berman, D-Calif., would give the entertainment industry broad new powers - including deliberately interfering with only file-sharing programs - to try to stop people from swapping pirated music and movies. Berman has said the bill would not allow industry to spread viruses across file-trading networks or destroy files. But Ogali said mistakes could occur and if a customer is pirating music, "it's up to the ISP to terminate the customer's access, not the RIAA to come in as the law-enforcement agency." In a statement on Ogali's initiative, the RIAA said "games like this neither serve the interests of music fans nor protect Internet service providers from their legal obligations." ISPs lose exemption from copyright lawsuits if they actively or knowingly contribute to violations or fail to stop them upon notice, such as by terminating a customer's account. On Friday, several recording companies sued four Internet service providers - Ogali's was not one of them - seeking an immediate court order forcing them to block access to a Chinese Web site accused of distributing pirated music. Ogali said the lawsuit, for him, was the last straw.END Don't shoot till you see the pinkrim of their eyes."