micro$haft wants your assets

[Tim]

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.

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