A top US government official said that the U.S. Department of Justice is prepared to begin prosecuting peer-to-peer pirates. And they are prepared to use a little
known law
No Electronic Theft - it is a federal crime to share copies of copyrighted products such as software, movies or music with anyone, even friends or family members, if the value of the work exceeds $1,000. Violations are punishable by one year in prison, or if the value tops $2,500, "not more than five years" in prison. |
Prosecutions are somewhat delayed because of 9/11
terrorist attacks temporarily diverted the department's resources and prevented its attorneys from focusing on this earlier |
I have a problem with some of the music or works exceeding $1000 or topping $2500.
How about you?
Source: cnet tech news
