On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 12:38 +0100, Andy Green wrote: > * Allow computers to be seized more readily. Specifically, property > such as a PC "intended to be used in any manner" to commit a copyright > crime would be subject to forfeiture, including civil asset forfeiture. > Civil asset forfeiture has become popular among police agencies in drug > cases as a way to gain additional revenue, and is problematic and > controversial. > > * Increase penalties for violating the Digital Millennium Copyright > Act's anti-circumvention regulations. Currently 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 too....'' I wish they'd be that enthusiastic about punishing spammers and other abusive internetters (malware writers, etc.). But this whole thread has become terribly political, and you know what that means. -- (This box runs FC5, my others run FC4 & FC6, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
