Proposed law for attempted copyright infringement

[TheUnknownComic]

I think lots of forums see people asking for serial numbers or places they can download commercial software. Here's a whacky law that might make such requests illegal:

http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9719339-7.html

Gonzales proposes new crime: 'Attempted' copyright infringement

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is pressing the U.S. Congress to enact a sweeping intellectual-property bill that would increase criminal penalties for copyright infringement, including "attempts" to commit piracy.

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Criminalize "attempting" to infringe copyright. Federal law currently punishes not-for-profit copyright infringement with between 1 and 10 years in prison, but there has to be actual infringement that takes place. The IPPA would eliminate that requirement. (The Justice Department's summary of the legislation says: "It is a general tenet of the criminal law that those who attempt to commit a crime but do not complete it are as morally culpable as those who succeed in doing so.")

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Increase penalties for violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's anticircumvention regulations. Criminal violations are currently punished by jail times of up to 10 years and fines of up to $1 million. The IPPA would add forfeiture penalties.

[lumis]

I sure hope things can be corrected in a few years when this regime is replaced.

People get used to being screwed, people get used to screwing, so it may stay the same, hopefully it won't get as worse as severely as it has in the past few years.

I guess I'm just accepting that we're getting fucked, but hoping it will get better.