April 6, 2008

Feds lie about link between software piracy and terrorism

Posted by Chris Brunner on April 6, 2008 12:52 AM | Post a civil, substantive, and intelligent comment

IT guys around the world could be heard laughing hysterically Wednesday as Attorney General Michael Mukasey proclaimed that terrorists sell pirated software as a way to finance their operations, without presenting a shred of evidence. This, of course, was just a ploy to push through a controversial piece of intellectual property legislation that would increase IP penalties, increase police power, set up a new agency to investigate IP theft.

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