Hold Tight Your Babies And Your Guns: Here Comes The PRO-IP Act

The House overwhelmingly (410 to 10) approved the PRO-IP Act, or HR 4279, which enables law enforcement to seize property from digital thieves.

Added to the breakdown of TorrentSpy, it's high time illegal downloaders realized the consequences of their actions. I know; this isn't an ideal Friday morning activity, nor is it a reality any of our stuffed hard drives would like to consider, but the U.S. government is clearly sick of us sticking our hands in pockets we do not own and is dead-set on making an example of our purloining.

And by "we" I mean "you" because my conscience is clean. Yeah ... clean as a whistle....

While it'll soon be within law enforcement's rights to bust into houses and nab computers, hard drives, discs, etc., we should thank our lucky stars one provision didn't pass: the House wanted the content industry to be able to collect damages for each stolen track off a CD.

So even though our pickpocketing bodies are riddled with bullets and lying face-down in blood, at least we're not getting totally ass-screwed by Uncle Sam.

(I realize that adorable LOLcatz picture has very little to do with anything but c'mon, it's Friday; I'm sick of bad news all the time)

[via: Ars Technica]