US To Push Criminalization of IP Violations

Dr.Hair writes " Soon to be ex-Secretary of Commerce Don Evans speaks out on 'piracy' just prior to his last trip to China for negotiations. 'That means criminalizing the laws as opposed to (having) just civil laws...You've got to start putting people in jail.' The article points out that this lust for prosecutions extends from Evans to his successor, the American Chamber of Commerce, and the US Senate. "

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Sauce for the Goose

[overshoot]

Well, as long as they're consistent. Looks like maybe Bill Gates will be doing some hard time for the Burst patent violations, right?

hmmmmmmmmmm

[mwhahaha]

"The bottom line for us is prosecutions, prosecutions, prosecutions," Brilliant said. "That is going to require getting into local provinces and addressing some of the corruption that exists."

developers, developers, developers?

Re:Right Alongside

[MrRuslan]

Yea.. Marijuana smokers are so dangerous that everytime my freind gets busted by the cops they take his weed and go smoke it a few blocks away.

Re:Right Alongside

[Capt'n Hector]

Pothead: *takes a drag from joint* "Hey kid, what are YOU in for?"

Pirate: "20 years. The new Britney Spears album."

Re:Right Alongside

[Phisbut]

Let's not forget:

Pothead: "Hey guys, what are you in for?"
Pirate: "20 years. The new Britney album."
Dad: "25 years. I stargazed with my kid."

Way to go America!

Re:Put everyone in jail!

[Sheetrock]

Why don't we just run razor wire along the coasts and borders, and declare everyone incarcerated?

I have no doubt that should this come to pass there is a sizeable group here who would firmly believe that we have finally tried the rest of the world, found them guilty, and thrown them in the clink.