gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials » Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2007 http://www.ghacks.net A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:54:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Attempted copyright infringement soon to become a crimehttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/15/attempted-copyright-infringement-soon-to-become-a-crime/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/15/attempted-copyright-infringement-soon-to-become-a-crime/#comments Tue, 15 May 2007 19:56:21 +0000 Martin Brinkmann http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/15/attempted-copyright-infringement-soon-to-become-a-crime/ The first thing that came to my mind when I read “Attempted copyright infringement” was the term thought crime. It seems that 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.

The so called Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2007 would for instance:

  • Criminalize “attempting” to infringe copyright.
  • Create a new crime of life imprisonment for using pirated software
  • Permit more wiretaps for piracy investigations
  • Allow computers to be seized more readily
  • Increase penalties for violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s anticircumvention regulations
  • Add penalties for “intended” copyright crimes
  • Require Homeland Security to alert the Recording Industry Association of America

You do find a in depth report by following the link mentioned above or read the summary of the act here. What’s next, Death Penalty for someone who copies the newest Britney Spears album ?

Thanks Jan for sending me the information per email.

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