Jail Time for Movie Swappers [Slashdot]
http://news.com.com/2100-1026_3-5106684.html A forthcoming copyright bill backed by key U.S. senators would place file swappers in prison for up to three years if they have a copy of even one prerelease movie in their shared folders.
"Peter Jaszi, a professor at American University who teaches copyright law, said he is "deeply troubled" by the wording of the draft legislation, because it does not say any actual copyright infringement must take place--only that the file be available in a shared folder, Web site or FTP (File Transfer Protocol) site. "It says we don't care if anybody got any of these copies," Jaszi said. "We're going to conclude that at least 10 people did. It relieves the copyright owner of having to prove that any violation of their rights actually happened.""
Those fuckers at the MPAA. See my "Why Digital Piracy Is A Good Thing" for... why... digital piracy is a good thing.
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