Senators want Justice Department to sue P2P pirate

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Submission + - Senators want Justice Department to sue P2P pirate (news.com)

Submitted by

blast3r

on Thursday November 08, 2007 @05:07AM

blast3r writes: "News.com published a story that two senators, a Democrat and a Republican, introduced a bill on Wednesday that would unleash the world's largest law firm on Internet pirates. It would authorize the Justice Department to file civil lawsuits against people engaged in peer-to-peer copyright infringement — with the proceeds going to the company or person who owns the copyright."

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