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New Copyright Laws

Legislation changes regarding intellectual property rights

         

pontifex

11:07 am on May 16, 2007 (gmt 0)

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Have we touched that:

[usdoj.gov...]

yet? It is hard to read for me as a german, but as I understand, they want tougher laws?

P!

eventus

4:23 pm on May 16, 2007 (gmt 0)

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Yes.

The penalties for copyright violations, or even "intended" violations of copyright may get very tough.

These are the Criminal penalties... Civil penalties are likely going to get tougher as well

dragsterboy

12:19 pm on May 17, 2007 (gmt 0)

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the shutting down of torrent tracker sites is yet another example for that.