Food For Communication Agents

Here is a breaking example of where serious concerted action by effective Communication Agents could make a difference.

I see the need for some creative ideas to be born on how to create an outside of the US-based campaign to counter the RIAA and Department of Justice heavy handed upcoming legislation.

July 17, 2003
New Bill Seeks Prison Time for File Swappers
By Roy Mark - Internet.com

Legislation to make illegal file swapping a felony was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday by John Conyers (D.-Mich.) and Howard Berman (D.-Calif.).

The bill carries penalties of up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for uploading a copyrighted file to a peer-to-peer (P2P) network.

The bill assumes each copyrighted work put on a P2P network was copied at least 10 times for a retail value of $2,500. The total retail value would make swapping a single file a felony.

Entitled the Author, Consumer and Computer Owner Protection and Security Act of 2003 (ACCOPS), the bill provides also for extra funding to the Justice Department to better investigate copyright crimes.