[lbo-talk] five years for sharing a file!

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Jul 17 11:59:08 PDT 2003


At 2:46 PM -0400 7/17/03, CBS MarketWatch wrote:


>FEDS COULD SEND MUSIC SHARERS TO JAIL
>
>WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Allowing someone to copy music off your hard
>drive could cost you prison time, under legislation introduced by
>lawmakers from Michigan and California.
>
>The bill was introduced Wednesday by Reps. John Conyers, D-Mich., and
>Howard Berman, D-Calif. It makes uploading a single copyrighted file a
>felony, with penalties including five years in prison and a fine up to
>$250,000. "While existing laws have been useful, they simply do not go
>far enough," Conyers said. He is the ranking Democrat on the House
>Judiciary Committee.



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