The funds include $20.0 million in state and local grants to further the use of high technology in order to thwart Internet piracy, $8.0 million for the FBI to use to hire new agents and $2.0 million for Department of Justice IP prosecutions.
The Hollywood Reporter notes that the funds were authorized under last year’s Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act. The bill, designed to “enhance remedies for violations of intellectual property laws, and for other purposes,” was signed into law by President Bush on October 13, 2008.
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Chairman and CEO Dan Glickman was pleased with the new funds, saying, “Congress took a major step forward by providing $30 million in funding for new FBI agents, federal prosecutors, and local and state law enforcement grants to protect American jobs and creativity by cracking down on the theft of movies and other intellectual property.”
The story also details a sting operation called Operation Holiday Hoax, a six-day sting that targeted vendors selling illegal goods in 41 U.S. cities, which resulted in the seizing of 700,000 counterfeit and pirated goods, worth over $26.0 million. 272 tons of counterfeit goods were also snatched in Mexico.
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Re: Congress OKs $30M in Anti-Piracy Resources
I can't help but have cynical thoughts about this crap.
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Re: Congress OKs $30M in Anti-Piracy Resources
Putting more homeless people to death so they can try to make the next payment on their private jets. And people fucking defend the US.
Re: Congress OKs $30M in Anti-Piracy Resources
Yeah, that comment made a whole lot of sense.
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You KILL Vampires. You don't DATE them.
Re: Congress OKs $30M in Anti-Piracy Resources
Man $30 Million could have really done some good with something a little more important like hunger, homelessness, child abuse, etc. and it really could have helped the M/RIAA in their public relations fiasco if they applied these fund to something truly pertinent.
Way to fight the important battles there M/RIAA. (vomit)
Are the M/RIAA ever going to stop beating this long dead horse and revise their business model? There is obvious money to be made by changing their model, why can't they see that? $30 Million could have been better spent having a "think tank" come up with a better business model. That at least would have a better return on inventment then just throwing the money away like they are here.
Re: Congress OKs $30M in Anti-Piracy Resources
Ya its kinda sad alot of the masted money thats given to big biz can be used to get people into the middle class breaks for the middle class bascily stuff to make more middle class so we'd have less lower middle and poor...
Until lobbying is a hanging offense I choose anarchy! CP/IP laws should not effect the daily life of common people! http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com/
I have a dream, break the chains of copy right oppression! http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/what-is-cigital-disobedience/
Re: Congress OKs $30M in Anti-Piracy Resources
That's a lot of money flushed down the toilet. They should spend it on the public schooling system or something.
Re: Congress OKs $30M in Anti-Piracy Resources
Well at least its targeting the real criminals...
Until lobbying is a hanging offense I choose anarchy! CP/IP laws should not effect the daily life of common people! http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com/
I have a dream, break the chains of copy right oppression! http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/what-is-cigital-disobedience/
Re: Congress OKs $30M in Anti-Piracy Resources
Believe it or not, Zip, these are the type of people piracy investigations usually go after.
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You KILL Vampires. You don't DATE them.
Re: Congress OKs $30M in Anti-Piracy Resources
Or mod chipers and downlaoders like with that last ice raid.....
Until lobbying is a hanging offense I choose anarchy! CP/IP laws should not effect the daily life of common people! http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com/
I have a dream, break the chains of copy right oppression! http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/what-is-cigital-disobedience/