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Justice Department Promises Stronger Copyright Punishments
An anonymous reader writes "Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has stated that the Justice department will be getting even harder on copyright infringement, targeting repeat offenders. The new 'Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2007' is headed for Congress promising to 'hit criminals in their wallets' hoping to ensure that any 'ill-gotten gains' are forfeited.
Alberto Gonzalez will forget he ever said this in a month.
If you're referring to the Attorney General, I agree 100%
They're rubbing something in glee, but it sure isn't their hands.
Absolutely!
If you get caught smoking pot or drinking under age.
Then sex with a minor (even if you're one too): 17 yr old sex with 15 yr old - 10 years
And downloading a song. Why you should die! Put to death! Because the law is the law and laws are just and true! Why, all of the lobbyists in Washington just want what's best for us and so do our legislators.
And if it's illegal then that means it's EVIL and must be banned because our politicians are infallible! It's inconceivable that they would even make a mistake and violate our liberties. Why, if you disagree with the law, you're unAmerican and HATE freedom!
I prefer Flambe as apposed flamebait.
Significant percentages of their paychecks signed over to the *IAA every month, of course, via garnishments. Likely collected by the government on behalf of the plaintiffs to avoid it getting cancelled out by bankruptcy. A Chapter 7 will wipe out a lotta stuff, but not things like child support, student loans turned over for government collection, and Infernal Revenue garnishments for repayment of taxes. And no, IANAL, but I've had personal experience in this area.
Is it too late for me to start my own record/movie company and get in on this payday????
Understanding the scope of the problem is the first step on the path to true panic.
Doesn't Gonzalez realize that this sort of corporate pandering won't happen now that we have Democrats in charge of congress?
Do you have ESP?
Just to play devils advocate -- What if its a really crappy movie? One that you, say, value at $5, not the $29.99 the MPAA wants for a new release? For that matter, is the value of a movie higher if its not out on DVD yet? Whats its value if the movie isn't even in the theaters yet? Do they get to bill you for the entire production cost?
I don't watch many movies, and the ones I do watch, I already own, or I happen to catch them on TV. I'm sure the MPAA will blame it on piracy, but I simply don't buy movies anymore because they're not worth it. Someone starts talking about $CelebrityOfTheWeek I'd have to go google them to figure out who the hell it is, but I don't care enough to.
Oh, and get off my lawn.
Young whippersnappers, always causing problems.
Uphill, snow, both ways...
American politics: Don't download that pr0n movie illegally! Go rape that girl instead! You'll suffer less for it...
Sheesh, you're overplaying this whole "house seizing" thing. The drug laws let police seize anything that is a house or is inside or near a house on the suspicion that they might get away with seizing it.