Gives the Feds authority to file civil lawsuits on behalf of copyright holders, leaving the RIAA and MPAA free to sit back and collect the checks for damages.
As we all know, the MPAA and RIAA have many friends in the corridors of our nation’s capitol. They’ve been able to inject their priorities into everything from WTO talks to federal student loan eligibility. Now they wish to commandeer the services of the world’s largest law firm – the US Justice Department – for its own use in its fight against illegal file-sharing.
Formerly known as the Pirate Act, the Intellectual Property Enforcement Act, as it’s now called in its latest reemergence, would allow the Department of Justice to file civil lawsuits in addition to criminal ones against those accused of engaging in illegal file-sharing. The best part is that any restitution it receives is then awarded to the copyright owner “aggrieved by the conduct.” That’s right, we taxpayers would get to foot the bill for suing people whom the RIAA and MPAA believe didn’t fairly pay to watch or hear its content.
Even better is the fact that the legislation would mandate that the Attorney General, in consultation with the FBI, create an operational unit dedicated to crimes related to the theft of intellectual property. With the ongoing war on terror, our country’s 3 decades-long war on drugs, and increasingly turbulent, crime-ridden inner cities, doesn’t the FBI already have enough on its plate without having to add snooping for who’s sharing Lil Bow Wow’s latest album?
And Dan Glickman, chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America, said the Pirate Act will “strengthen the government’s law enforcement resources to crack down on intellectual property theft.”
Of all the crimes the FBI could be using its resources towards should copyright infringement really be one of them? We’re talking about using the already strained resources of the United States Govt to go after individuals and make them pay up for the damages they allegedly caused to to a copyright holder. We foot the bill, but the RIAA and MPAA get the checks.
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I am really really getting tired of this shit. Wasting like… 200 billion+ on the “war in iraq” or whatever the hell you wanna call it. Buying all the government employees fat mansions… etc. Now it’s this bs? Our government needs an enema!
What is this world coming to?
So much for the internet being the marvel of technology allowing us all to communicate freely. Oh well people are to blame letting corporations take control of governments. I can only imagine how bad it’s going to get.
First there was monarch’s who tried to rule and oppress the people then it was religion who did the dirty dead now its the corporations who want to feed to you what you should believe.
tell congress to shoot it down even if it means a filibuster
as always they are getting in the way and making a rebellion……in other words this will only make “we the people” to make more and more sites like demonoid….im pretty sure that is gonna get through this one (hopefully like before)
Wow what a waste of resources. Don’t we have more important priorities such as fighting wars and terrorism?
I guess We should blame Al Gore for this Mess He blames all of Us for Global Warming so We should blame Him for inventing “The Internet !”that got us addicted to it and made Us do “Evil things” like Screwing the RIAA and the rest of his Entertainment Pals Over.
Good Grief ! LOL !!!!!!
im surprised there hasnt been a fuckin revolution to overthrow these clowns in power in ur country yet…i really am surprised.
But they don’t have the resources to track down I.D. theft rings – namely banks and data processing centers which leech billions of consumer info yearly into offshore islands …. But d*mn those college kid file sharers could ruin this country.
Yeah. Right. Let’s make everyone a felon. No big deal that we are already paying to house the largest prison population per capita in the world – of dangerous criminals like pot smokers. Taxpayers have to pay double; first to make up for lost wages and second to pay the $100000 per year or so to house them.
Yup. Let’s add gays in too. Oh and don’t forget evil immigrants. What about skipping court costs and just throw everyone who’s taken a prozac in as well after all they won’t ever be able to buy medical or life insurance again anyway.
I gotta say. A lot of other countries are making more sense than the U.S. has been for a long time now.