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Justice Department Promises Stronger Copyright Punishments

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the dancing-the-big-business-polka dept.

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.

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  1. BushCo Is Scrambling To Exploit Other News by NeverVotedBush · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Check CNN - Bush is out stumping *against* greenhouse gas emissions. His oil-based corporate masters are having to take a back seat to Bush finding some kind of bandwagon that has public support that he can ride the coattails of. The same for Gonzales - they need every shred of positive press they can get right now.

    With stories about how all those e-mails Gozales said didn't exist being leaked by insiders (http://news.nationaljournal.com/articles/070510nj 1.htm), and three US soldiers captured and most likely being tortured/killed, BushCo is pulling out the stops.

    Hell, George might even roll Cheney over and sacrifice Rove for the Plame leak the way things are going.

    The republicans running in the primary must really be proud.