The US Senate have given their approval to the anti-piracy bill that is working its way through Congress, though they have dumped one of the more controversial proposals. They agreed that the taping of movies in cinemas or the leaking of music online prior to public release should be classified as criminal offences with prison sentences or harsh fines. However they resisted attempts to make the illegal sharing of copyrighted music via P2P network a criminal offence - the House of Representatives had proposed that anyone caught sharing over 1000 copyrighted files should face up to three years in jail. Because Senate has passed an amended version of the bill it will now have to go back to the House of Representatives for approval.
Nov 24, 2004
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Senate back new US piracy legislation, almost
The US Senate has approved an anti-piracy bill but dropped a House proposal to make P2P sharing of copyrighted music a crime, so it returns to the House.