IPEA is back...

The Intellectual Property Enforcement Act, or PIRATE Act, is back… and this time it’s personal.

Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and John Cornyn (r-TX) introduced the bill earlier this week and, like it’s predecessors, this incarnation of the PIRATE Act wants the DOJ to bring suits against individual file-swappers, thus freeing-up the RIAA to do their real job… whatever the hell that might be by giving the Department of Justice the authority to bring not only criminal cases but civil as well against people swapping files while at the same time imposing limits on the penalties that could be imposed.

Said Leahy; “Copyright infringement silently drains America's economy and undermines the talent, creativity and initiative that are a great source of strength to our nation. When we protect intellectual property from copyright infringement, we protect our economy and our ideas.”

Uh-huh…

This bill sounded like a bad idea the first few times we heard it and it has NOT gotten any better with age.

In fact, it’s also redundant since the No Electronic Theft Act states that the DoJ already has the authority to bring criminal cases against file-swappers under certain situations… it’s of importance to note that, to date, the DOJ has not filed a single charge, probably because they’re too busy torturing terrorism suspects and lying for their former boss…

Hearing this makes me feel good knowing that Congress has ended terrorism, cured cancer, ended the Iraq war, stopped Iran from developing nuclear weapons and eliminated global warming so they have time to worry about this earth-shattering crap…