Bush Signs Law Targeting P2P Pirates

BlakeCaldwell writes "CNet is reporting that President Bush signed into law the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act (previously-reported). A lawbreaker can land in jail for up to three years for distributing a single copy of a prerelease movie on the Internet. The MPAA's president Dan Glickman applauded the move, stating he wanted to 'thank the congressional sponsors of this legislation for their strong advocacy for intellectual property rights.'"

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Re:Not just Americans

[tomhudson]

If you break American law (e.g. this one) and live in any country (like the UK) which has an extradition treaty with the USA you can be brought to America and charged with the crime.

So if you trade with an American you can expect a free holiday in an American prison.

There is SO MUCH bullshit floating around in this thread.

Even countries that have an extradition treaty do not extradite for every offense! They also have the right to impose conditions. For example, Canada will not agree to extraditing people wanted for murder if there is no prior agreement not to seek the death penalty, as that would go against Canada's laws http://www.ccadp.org/deathpenalty-canada.htm

Under the terms of the Canada/USA extradition treaty, Canada
may choose to refuse an extradition request without assurances that
US prosecutors will not seek or impose the death penalty. In a
number of recent cases, US prosecutors have voluntarily agreed not
to seek the death penalty in order to obtain the prompt return of
murder suspects.

I seriously doubt that any country will agree to extradition in such cases.