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Feds Overstate Software Piracy's Link To Terrorism
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."
... Suicide Bomber Edition.
Putting the "death" back in BSOD.
Misery loves company. Online misery loves unsuspecting random strangers.
It's a good thing sites like thepiratebay.org are making the sale of physical copies of pirated media much less profitable. Get those Torrents running for Uncle Sam!
Judging from the high quality of his videos, it should be clear to anyone that Osama obviously uses cracked versions of Adobe Final Cut. We don't need the government to tell us that.
My copy of Windows XP doesn't just *crash*, it crashes into *buildings*.
DO you think the type of person that requires help moving their computer from one room to another would be able to figure out how to work an FTP client, or what a "tracker" was?
This is why my sister always asks me for a copy of Photoshop for her birthday. She has no idea how to get it for free online.
SHHH!!!! Don't tell her I have been secretly slipping her copies of the GIMP all these years.
Kids, if you like a piece of software...BUY IT!
NewslilySocial News. No lolcats allowed.
They just forgot to find a way to somewhat also cram the "child pornography" keyword together with "terrorist" and "pirate".
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The democrats will violate your rights just as quick as the Republicans.
This may be true but you have to admit the Republicans are a lot better at it.