New Bill To Boost Penalties For Copyright Infringement

[Dave Zan]

At least that's what I gather from one of my feeds I just read:

http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9719339-7.html

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is pressing the U.S. Congress to enact a sweeping intellectual-property bill that would increase criminal penalties for copyright infringement, including "attempts" to commit piracy.

"To meet the global challenges of IP crime, our criminal laws must be kept updated," Gonzales said during a speech before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington on Monday.

The Bush administration is throwing its support behind a proposal called the Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2007, which is likely to receive the enthusiastic support of the movie and music industries, and would represent the most dramatic rewrite of copyright law since a 2005 measure dealing with prerelease piracy.

The "legislative proposal" in question:

http://politechbot.com/docs/doj.intellectual.property.protection.act.2007.051407.pdf

Start reading...and start talking to your congressman/woman if you think it's a
cause for concern.