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U.S Congress Moves to Criminalize P2P

U.S Congress Moves to Criminalize P2P

A draft bill recently circulated among members of the House judiciary committee would make it much easier for the [i]Justice Department[/i] to pursue criminal prosecutions against file sharers by lowering the burden of proof.

[blockquote]"Unfortunately, piracy and pornography could then become the cornerstones of a 'business model,'" Hatch said in a statement. The illicit activities of file sharers "then generate huge advertising revenues for the architects of piracy." [/blockquote]
[link=http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,62830,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1][b]Read more[/b][/link]

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