A bill pending before the House of Representatives would make the intent to share a copyrighted file grounds for prosecution, virtually eliminating the burden of proof from law-enforcement agencies.
The proposed bill, submitted by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) and co-sponsored by Howard Berman (D-CA) would modify the U.S. Title Code, adding the stipulation that if a user makes accessible a copyrighted file to a file-sharing service without permission he can be charged with up to ten counts of copyright violations.
The bill also would require file-sharing services to alert users that they are downloading "enabling software", or software that could be used to share copyrighted works. The bill would require file-sharing services to stipulate that downloading the P2P application could pose a privacy and security risk to the user's computer. Other language in the bill would crack down on the practice of supplying false information to domain name registrars.
By Mark Hachman
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