A new study commissioned by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and produced by RAND links the film piracy trade to terrorism, drug cartels, and human trafficking, and calls upon governments to do more about intellectual property protection. But what it really is is another attempt to convince governments to spy on everybody on behalf of one mafia trying to muscle out other mafias.
House of Reps Tears a Page Out of Patriot Act
The US House of Representatives says it’s not okay to spy on somebody’s reading habits by knocking down the renewal of one provision of the USA Patriot Act 238-187.