In related news:
HR 2752, The Author, Consumer, and Computer Owner Protection and Security Act (ACCOPS) is sponsored by two Democratic representatives, John Conyers of Michigan and Howard Berman, California.
The bill would [make it a FELONY and] impose a prison sentence of up to five years for anyone who makes copyrighted material available over a computer network without permission [i.e. a SINGLE song].
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I haven't paid much attention to the debate, but it seems to me that there's something unseemly about criminalizing behavior (i.e. having a file on your computer where someone else may grab it) that could well be legal (fair use), rather than criminalizing activity which is pretty much indefensible (actual downloading).
That and if you're going to pass a law that tens of millions of people would be violating, at the level of a felony nonetheless, it sets up serious potential for abitrary and capricious enforcement.
