Quick, someone tell Souder. Our kids are in danger!
The Motion Picture Association of America put out a press release today raising the alarm about (surprise, surprise) music and video piracy. Apparently, a lot of the people they arrest have “drug conviction backgrounds,” and these arrestees are tipping off MPAA that piracy is “the new drug on the street.”
This seems like a pretty bizarre attempt to garner some support from legislators and maybe freaked out parents by hopping on the prohibitionist panic bandwagon.
In September, Los Angeles police arrested Jose Maria Trujillo for possession of six bundles of powder cocaine, an ounce of marijuana, and selling illegal DVDs after a search of his car uncovered more than 2,000 pirated DVDs.
So amid all my reflections about the broad range of interests represented at the conference last week, it becomes clear to me that we really should have devoted a panel to harm reduction approaches to file-sharing.
[Via BoingBoing, and they have a copy of the press release here.]
Thanks to Ket for pointing this out.
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