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Congress Declares War on File Leakers

Posted by timothy on from the man-v-the-state dept.

An anonymous reader submits "Bush is expected to sign a law that essentially makes it a crime punishable by up to three years in jail for a user to put a single 'copy of a film, software program or music file in a shared folder and should have known the copyrighted work had not been commercially released.' Whichever side you're on in the copyright debate, you have to agree this legislation is draconian and excessive, to say the least."

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  1. Re:Well, shit. by BrookHarty · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Funny how people find it amazing that our legal system is out of whack, and the corporate funding of big government to protect it.

    Its funny, corporations pay less taxes than you, get more legal rights than you, and elect your officals.

    If you dont like it you can, ahh, vote? hahhahaha.