According to the report, made during a conference of the
internet think tank Progress and Freedom Foundation, Deputy
Assistant Attorney General John Malcolm said that civil remedies
are no longer adequate to stop copyright offenders and protect the
content industry’s intellectual property, and that criminal
prosecutions would be more effective against peer-to-peer
piracy.
CNET reports that Malcolm added that swapping illicit copies of
music and films could be punished by imprisonment of up to five
years.
