text_combined: tom tomwhoreslacknet httpwwwarstechnicacom mostly talk thus far little action department justice says may ready file criminal lawsuits individuals 1 distribute receive unauthorized copyrighted material internet deputy assistant attorney general john malcolm believes criminal prosecutions copyright offenders necessary preserve viability americas content industries malcolm also believes people trade copyrighted material think participating legal activity certainly think people download copyrighted works understand distributionbarring provisions fair useis authorized surprising see businesses continue look means discourage distribution copyrighted works prosecutions make clear could helpfuli think would think twice thought risk criminal prosecution said riaa president cary sherman conference panel im confident lawsuits would effect sherman hoping although infrequent already civil suits warnings issued private individuals served minor deterrents filesharing community large criminal lawsuits carrying possibility prison sentences may generate animosity groups riaa may difficult initiate schooling effect millions systems participating file sharing servers would seem stand crowd article cites electronic theft net act 2 defines illegal activity maximum penalties copyright infringement criminal infringement person infringes copyright willfully purposes commercial advantage private financial gain reproduction distribution including electronic means 180day period 1 copies phonorecords 1 copyrighted works total retail value 1000 purposes subsection evidence reproduction distribution copyrighted work shall sufficient establish willful infringement term financial gain includes receipt expectation receipt anything value including receipt copyrighted works therefore receipt work value would defined financial gain even money involved net act excerpt clarify value work determined album movie could worth 15 millions dollars depending whether value assessed perspective consumer copyright holder statute limitations 507 limitations actions criminal proceedingsno criminal proceeding shall maintained provisions title unless commenced within five years cause action arose b civil actionsno civil action shall maintained provisions title unless commenced within three years claim accrued penalties extensive list found section 2319 criminal infringement copyright general firsttime criminal offenses carry maximum prison sentence 1 year im still sure doj would start choosing people prosecute aforementioned schooling effect guess would like speeding primarily prominent individuals operate large servers transfer data targeted order discourage recreational file sharers thanks monalisaoverdrive pointing story 1 httpnewscomcom21001023954591htmltagfd_top 2 httpwwwusdojgovcriminalcybercrime1718redhtm httpxentcommailmanlistinfofork fri 23 aug 2002 190145 0400 edt gov gets tough net userser pirates