Re: [privacy] Think about breaking DMCA? Go Straight to jail!

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Ref:

 'Congress Readies New Digital Copyright Bill'
 http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6064016.html

Horrifying, no?

- ferg



-- der Mouse <mouse () Rodents Montreal QC CA> wrote:
> [T]he "Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2006" (IPPA) would
> double the authorized prison terms for existing copyright
> infringement, create a host of new offenses, and establish a division
> within the FBI to hunt down infringers.

Prison terms?  Copyright infringement is a criminal matter now there,
not a civil matter between the infringer and the copyright holder?

When did this happen?  I missed it.  DMCA?

[snip]

--
"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/

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