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Message 15 of 29 (144395)
09-24-2004 8:40 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Percy
09-23-2004 11:17 AM


One thing everyone needs to be aware of...
is that the government is getting seriouos about intellectual property piracy. In fact, they are going way beyond what is economically reasonable.
Check out this DOJ press release.
If you read this press release (what Ashcroft does instead of hunting down terrorists) you will see that the DOJ estimates that the total economic cost of internet piracy might be as high a 50 Million dollars. To combat such a risk, the FBI and DOJ as well as police agancies in at least 10 other countries spent untold man hours as well as other resources that quite likely added up to another 50 Million dollars.
It is actions like this that let me sleep soundly at night. Why waste time on terrorists when we can go after the guy that downloaded the latest video game.

Aslan is not a Tame Lion

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