Feds Overstate Software Piracy's Link To Terrorism

Posted by Zonk on Wednesday April 2, 2008 @10:23AM from the gotta-make-a-point dept.

Lucas123 writes "Attorney General Michael Mukasey claims that terrorists sell pirated software as a way to finance their operations, without presenting a shred of evidence for his case. He's doing it to push through a controversial piece of intellectual property legislation that would increase IP penalties, increase police power, set up a new agency to investigate IP theft, and more. 'Criminal syndicates, and in some cases even terrorist groups, view IP crime as a lucrative business, and see it as a low-risk way to fund other activities,' Mukasey told a crowd at the Tech Museum of Innovation last week."

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Re:Well duh by Anonymous Coward · 2008-04-02 11:37 · Score: 0, Flamebait

The grass is always greener on the other side. Pretending that Gore wouldn't have done similar things is naive in the face of things Clinton did. Go ahead and believe in the magic pill of replacing the current administration, it's been working out real good for you so far. lamer.