The Intellectual Property Bill was passed last week by the US Senate, but not before a provision that would have allowed the Department of Justice to directly sue copyright infringers on behalf of the movie and music industries. Still, many feel that the passing of the bill favors big media companies at a time when digital content has proven to favor more open distribution models.

A newly released report by the Department of Justice is bringing light to the cases of two US Attorneys who were fired apparently because they refused to try obscenity cases assigned to them by General Alberto Gonzales' second-in-command Kyle Sampson.

Last week the Senate passed the PRO-IP Act. Although the portion of the bill that would turn the DoJ into copyright cops was dropped, it still contains greater penalties for infringement, and will create a ‘piracy czar' to manage enforcement. The Bush administration dumped the controversial civil copyright enforcement provision saying it would turn the DoJ into pro bono lawyers.

Sex offenders in California who had realized the benefits of running an ice cream truck in terms of gaining access to little children, will be disappointed to learn that their jobs are no longer legal, and they'll have to either convert their machines to mail delivery trucks or find some other eclectic use for these ridiculous vehicles.

Famed and loved adult film star Brian Barnes, aka Brian Surewood, turned himself in after fleeing the scene of a hit-and-run that resulted from streetracing while driving home from a recent production

The Regulatory Flexibility Act could spell trouble for the Department of Justice regarding the updated 2257 regulations.

Free Speech Coalition has a three-pronged strategy to combat the changes to the 2257 regulations, proposed by the Department of Justice.

Dirty rat-fucks! I love how they stand so high and mighty and fall so hard!

Get your bumper stickers, buttons, and t's here. Suprisingly I didn't see any foam middle fingers.
AL GOLDSTEIN for PRESIDENT, at least we know where he stands.

We need to rewrite 2257 and the other porn laws from scratch!
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