Act Proposed to Outlaw Attempted Copyright Infringement

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"US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has proposed tightening the United States' intellectual property laws. Titled the "Intellectual Property Protection Act," the proposed legislation would for the first time criminalize attempted copyright infringement."

"The IPPA would come down harder on those found to have violated the DMCA, subjecting them to new forfeiture and restitution provisions. "Any property used, or intended to be used, in any manner or part, to commit or facilitate the commission of the offense" of violating the DMCA could be confiscated, according to the text of the legislation."
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|Source :: Ars Technica|
 
That is crazy, so that makes it illegal to try and crack an encryption scheme even if I am trying to make improvements. Also, companies cracking their own schemes would be breaking the law.
 
name='Nagaru' said:
That is crazy, so that makes it illegal to try and crack an encryption scheme even if I am trying to make improvements. Also, companies cracking their own schemes would be breaking the law.
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The DMCA made that illegal a while ago (about 7 years ago)... This is just saying they want to crack down on it more
 
name='WC Annihilus' said:
The DMCA made that illegal a while ago (about 7 years ago)... This is just saying they want to crack down on it more
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I misread it, sorry.

Firstly, who wants to start their own country? Secondly, this is ridiculous, a computer could be construed as a tool for copyright infringement, it is probably the biggest tool used today. Through this legislation, an owner of a computer could be trying conspiring to commit copyright violation. It sounds like a witch hunt to me.
 
rip a dvd get all materials confiscated(inc puter) .... just new retribution legalese for the DCMA

oh and being in possession of the tools to circumvent copyright-protection measures may also get you in trouble
 
name='PP Mguire' said:
For some reason i dont see this passing.
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It will pass, even if ammended in some fashion.

I can see where they`re heading, and u have to look at it from a prosecutor pov for a moment, rather than a "bedroom user".

Time after time they`re taking cases to trial and there are technicalities that will `get some1 off` cos the prosecution can`t prove this`n`that.

In the bigger picture, they`r not going to be looking to raid every1`s house in an attempt to thrash-out piracy/illegalities. But what this will enable is for them to prosecute some1 who they`ve caught dead-bang, without the technicalities getting in the way.

Looking at it from an average users pov, most websites alone can put 1 piece of software on u`r pc that can be misjudged as an `aide de la crack`. So in that sense I don`t think peoples should be overly concerned about this sorta thing.

If u`r in u`r room, not supplying/selling W@r3z, and u`ve got u`r own stuff - but may be using a no-cd-making util - u`r not on the list.

If u`r busted for piracy and have the same/similar stuff on u`r pc - say goodbye to u`r kit.
 
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