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US To Push Criminalization of IP Violations

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the god-bless-america dept.

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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  1. hmmmmmmmmmm by mwhahaha · · Score: 5, Funny
    "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?
  2. Re:Right Alongside by MrRuslan · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.