Family Entertainment & Copyright Act of 2005

[DudeAsInCool]

Prerelease Pirates Could Receive Jail Time

A new bill that would imprison pre-release file pirates for up to three years is just a few procedural steps away from becoming law.

The bill, known as the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005, which includes the Artists' Rights and Theft Prevention Act of 2005 or the ART Act, was crafted to sentence distributors of prerelease copies of films, songs or other works for up to three years. The bill also would permit companies like ClearPlay to edit films for language and content.

Read more here:

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558...2129TX1K0000532

[Excrement_Cranium]

And that's the backdoor that lets the bad guys in. You attach some "family values" crap to a bill, and it's pretty much gaurunteed. Though, notice at this point it is about "pre-release" media. I'd be curious to go over the thing and see how far it goes. Example: if it debunks all former court rulings that ISP companies are not required to release user info with just an IP address.