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Ars Technica: The PC enthusiast's resource You are a felon.

Posted 1/28/2003 - 11:43AM, by hanser
According to the No Electronic Theft Act (NET Act) signed into law in 1997, you are an unindicted felon if you have ever downloaded mp3s, shared movies, or pirated software. That's right, according to the Act, you could face up to $250,000 in fines and three years in jail if you have used a p2p network to download any of the above... even if you no longer do so.