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World & Science: Bush seeks tough new piracy laws

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      CommentAuthortakai
    • CommentTimeNov 11th 2005
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    The Bush administration asked Congress on Thursday to apply new laws for protecting copyrights and make it easier for authorities to put violators behind bars.

    The new proposed laws include:
    - A change in the law that would recognize a copyright in a criminal case before it is filed with the Register of Copyrights so authorities don't have to prove that thousands of works pirated over the Internet are all copyrighted

    - Expand the requirements so that equipment, goods, records and other items used or intended for use in piracy are forfeited to the government and to hold pirates criminally libel for restitution for damages to the rights-holder

    - Make it a crime to attempt to infringe a copyright

    - Increase the amount of jail time for repeat offenders

    - Clarify that importing and exporting infringed goods is illegal

    - Allow authorities to obtain a wiretap for suspects in intellectual property crimes[/b:ee2c21c4a9]

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