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NY is concerned about piracy

By FreedomAtStake | View all Posts
Posted Tuesday, May 06, 2008 12:51 PM   0 comments
The state of New York is obviously getting very concerned about the problem of movie piracy, and is aiming to crack down.

According to Broadcasting & Cable, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo held a press conference stating that the state was losing $2.6 billion and thousands of jobs as a result of piracy.

As an aside, I'd love to see the accounting that comes up with those numbers, but that's for another post.

Anyway, Cuomo is actually proposing potential jail time for the offenses. I am assuming he is referring to large scale operations that process thousands of DVDs at a time, but the story doesn't split those hairs.

The reason I find this story interesting is because of the looming potential for the country of Antigua and Barbuda to become involved in pirating American intellectual property, with the full cooperation of the WTO.

If I was involved in the movie pirating business, I would be staying away from New York and moving to Antigua ASAP.


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