Congress is reportedly preparing to deliberate abroad new digital copyright bill which is stronger than the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. And, as is mandatory with any policy debate these days, the Bush administration breaks out the terrorism card:
Such changes are necessary because new technology is “encouraging large-scale criminal enterprises to get involved in intellectual-property theft,” Gonzales said, adding that proceeds from the illicit businesses are used, “quite frankly, to fund terrorism activities.”
Honestly, I wonder if there has been any bill in Congress the past four years which its supporters did not claim we needed it to fight the “War on Terror.”
More discussion here.