Archive:Protecting Intellectual Rights Against Theft and Expropriation Act of 2004

The Protecting Intellectual Rights Against Theft and Expropriation (PIRATE) Act of 2004 amends U.S. federal copyright law to authorize the Attorney General to sue any person who engages in conduct constituting copyright infringement.

This bill seeks to amend the NET Act of 1997.

More detail and analysis is available from Declan McCullagh's story on CNET News.Com about the proposed bill.