http://www.joystiq.com/20...igns-pro-ip-act-into-law/
http://www.joystiq.com/20...he-pro-ip-act-and-gaming/
Permanently. That also includes confiscating file transfer devices like flashdrives as well.
http://www.joystiq.com/20...he-pro-ip-act-and-gaming/
Permanently. That also includes confiscating file transfer devices like flashdrives as well.
"The impact to the consumer is obvious. The simple fact of the matter is that I doubt there is a consumer anywhere in the US who has never downloaded or otherwise acquired a single thing in violation of someone's copyright. What this now means is that, for consumers, more or less anything that has come into contact with that pirated item can be seized by the government. The statute is worded in such a broad manner that it would be theoretically possible to seize all of the computers in a home or office if one pirated MP3 or piece of software was present. More importantly, the penalties have changed so that individual elements are now imputed as works. For example, before it was considered to be downloading a 'work' to download an entire CD. Now, each individual track would be considered a 'work,' so one CD is now ten or more times the penalty that it once was. Similarly, if you copied a magazine with 100 photographs in it, you would now be liable for each copywritten photograph and article separately."
