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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. In China by comedian_999 · · Score: 5, Informative

    For a change, I RTFA. They're pushing for the Chinese to start putting Chinese counterfeiters in jail under the rules of Chinese law.

    While it might be a short leap for the same people to start calling for the criminalization of copyright infringement in the US, that's not what we're talking about here.

  2. Re:Right Alongside by Feynman · · Score: 5, Informative

    RTFA, which begins, "China has 'got to start putting people in jail.'"