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Terrorist Link to Copyright Piracy Alleged

Posted by Zonk on from the damn-those-p2pers dept.

xbsd writes "John Stedman, a lieutenant in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in charge of IP violations, testified in front of the Senate Homeland Security committee that some associates of terrorist groups such as Hezbollah may be involved in copyright violations. According to CNET's Declean McCullagh: 'Even though Stedman's evidence is circumstantial, his testimony comes as Congress is expected to consider new copyright legislation this year. An invocation of terrorism, the trump card of modern American politics, could ease the passage of the next major expansion of copyright powers'."

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  1. Re:Yeah, well... by mtrisk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Haven't you heard? Terrorism is the new communism now.

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  2. Re:I Guess The Children Did Work by PsiPsiStar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yup. Except it's not just the left wing. BOTH parties are authoritarian.

    I'm old enough to remember when the Republicans wanted to "get government out of our lives."

    i.e. before they had all the power in government.

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  3. If piracy is outlawed.... by m50d · · Score: 5, Insightful

    only outlaws will participate in piracy. So naturally the organised crime groups got involved. It's the same reason crime gangs run the drug trade, it's the same reason the Mafia controlled alcohol distribution in the Prohibition, and abortions before they became legal. Whenever legitimate businesses can't do something that's very much profitable, the illegitimate ones will. Piracy funds terrorism because it is illegal, not the other way around.

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  4. Re:Not P2P by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But most of these include selling oil for $50,- per barrel.