Has Congress Backdoored In 'Attempted Copyright Infringement' As...

Courtesy Techdirt  Wed, 03/26/2008 - 13:09

Last year, when Alberto Gonzales was under pressure from Congress, he suddenly started spending a lot of time talking about stricter copyright laws .

Perhaps it gave him a distraction from repeating "I do not recall" all day in front of Congress. His proposal was basically a laundry list of the entertainment industry's desired changes to copyright law, including making "attempted infringement" a crime.

Despite the fact that copyright law is pretty clear that an actual violation needs to...

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