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[FYI] (Fwd) FC: DOJ says it's ready to begin prosecuting peer-to-peer pirates
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http://news.com.com/2100-1023-954591.html
DOJ to swappers: Law's not on your side
By Declan McCullagh
August 20, 2002, 2:27 PM PT
ASPEN, Colo.--The U.S. Department of Justice is prepared to begin
prosecuting peer-to-peer pirates, a top government official said
on Tuesday.
John Malcolm, a deputy assistant attorney general, said Americans
should realize that swapping illicit copies of music and movies is
a criminal offense that can result in lengthy prison terms.
"A lot of people think these activities are legal, and they think
they ought to be legal," Malcolm told an audience at the Progress
and Freedom Foundations annual technology and politics summit.
Malcolm said the Internet has become "the world's largest copy
machine" and that criminal prosecutions of copyright offenders are
now necessary to preserve the viability of America's content
industries. "There does have to be some kind of a public message
that stealing is stealing is stealing," said Malcolm, who oversees
the arm of the Justice Department that prosecutes copyright and
computer crime cases.
[...]
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