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Feds Overstate Software Piracy's Link To Terrorism

Posted by Zonk on 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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  1. Re:Well duh by BoomerSooner · · Score: 1, Troll

    This administration will stop at nothing to make this a police state.

    Republicans, you're getting what you wanted. Hope it works out for you.

  2. Journalism by rickmus · · Score: 0, Troll

    The, umm, 'journalist' makes assumptions too since the Attorney didn't present any evidence, it must therefore be a lie. I would consider this unethical in the field of journalism. But then again, this is SlashDot, the home of assumptions and using 0.001% to mean 'everyone'.

  3. Re:Well duh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Go ahead and pretend Clinton was just as bad as W. That shit must be doing wonders for your lack of sex life. fgt.

  4. Re:Well duh by Curunir_wolf · · Score: 0, Troll

    Bullshit. Every time someone says "the democrats and the republicans are the same" I think back to 2000 when I said something similar.. "Bush or Gore... eh it doesn't really matter, both parties are the same". And boy I don't think I've ever been so wrong about something in all my life.

    Gore's speech on 9/12/2001:

    Planes are bad, mmkay? Planes cause global warming and destroy buildings, mmkay? We need to walk more, mmkay? And use one of my personal inventions - the Internet! - instead of those face-to-face meetings so much. I'm cereal!
    --
    "Somebody has to do something. It's just incredibly pathetic it has to be us."
    --- Jerry Garcia
  5. Re:If they REALLY want to go after terrorists ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If they really want to cut off the funding for the worlds largest and most successful terrorist organization they need to go after the IRS.

  6. Re:Well duh by schmeckelgruben · · Score: 0, Troll

    Every time someone says "the democrats and the republicans are the same" I think back to 2000 when I said something similar.. "Bush or Gore... eh it doesn't really matter, both parties are the same". And boy I don't think I've ever been so wrong about something in all my life.

    So, you voted for Gore. Don't feel too bad about it, he fooled a lot of people. It's time to stop kicking yourself.