Bill U.S.: cell for illegal p2p-gebruik
That is the intention of a bill that the American Houses of Delegated Tuesday has accepted. The 'Piracy Deterrence and Education Act' must locations authorities moreover larger competences at the location of men that via internet software, music and other auteursrightelijk protected materials offer.
According to Lamar Smith, the initiator of the bill, is it fast necessarily that it strand becomes acted against the illegal kopiren of software and music. “These crimes lead till the loss of jobs and form a danger for our economy”, according to Smith in an explanation. The representative from the state Texas most wisely there on that a quarter of the software that in the U.S. becomes uses, an illegal copy is.
If the bill of power becomes, can internet users that for more than thousand dollars at auteursrightelijk protected material offer, until three year imprisonments and a fine of at most 250,000 dollars get. Public accusers will under the new law do not need at to show that the offered material also actively downloaded is.
The bill goes now to the Senate, rather comparable to the Dutch First Chamber. Level as the Senate also agrees with the proposal, can the 'Piracy Deterrence and Education Act' in working step.