[HIB]US goverment goes after filesharers

THE US GOVERNMENT has apparently declared legal war on those who infringe movie and video copyrights. In an attempt to rouse support for its plans to give federal agencies more powers, the US government has claimed that "motion picture and video piracy" costs the US economy $20.5 billion every year. To gain grass-roots support it said US workers lost $5.5 billion in earnings thanks to counterfeit copies of films and videos. As the US government is so happy to divulge figures, perhaps it should take into consideration the billions saved by its citizens by not putting up with the extortionate demands of the movie and television studios.

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