June 11, 2004
Congress Considers 2 Bills That Urge Prosecution of File Sharing
Under two bills that legislators are quietly pushing through Congress, those who swap music online in violation of copyright law -- including college students -- would have to worry about being sued by the Justice Department, not just by the Recording Industry Association of America.
One of the bills, dubbed the Pirate Act, would prod the Justice Department to bring civil charges against suspected copyright violators and to seek fines typically reserved for criminal
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