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[FYI] (Fwd) FC: DOJ says it's ready to begin prosecuting peer-to-peer pirates




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Date sent:      	Wed, 21 Aug 2002 11:00:16 -0600
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From:           	Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
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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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