However, the public does not always take this act seriously. Therefore the second
part of this solution is persecution. If a person continues to download music after the FBI
gives them the cease and dissent letter then, the FBI would be forced to sue that
individual of whatever amount they owe. This is the government last result and failure to
pay will result in imprisonment. The government wants people to take this matter
seriously.
One of the major issues with this act is that it would require the Internet
companies to give the names of Internet pirates; which is a violation of the 4th
Amendment right to privacy also, people may see the warning letters sent by the DOJ and
FBI as a joke; never realizing that if these letters are to ignored people will be sued and
may serve jail time if they continue their illegal acts. Also, my question is will the FBI
able to give letters to everyone who participates in the illegal act of music piracy. This
law is very expensive because it would be very costly in order to educate the public on
music piracy. Also, sending out these letters will take a significant amount of time. It may
even be difficult to enforce because peoples arguments in court could be they never
received the letters and in the end could be utter chaos. Also, I am not sure if
consumers/internet users would be satisfied because CD’s still are expensive and their
needs have not been met. The government has not even considered them; the government
has already classified the public as wrong doers that need another chance.
Prevention may be a good way to make the public aware of the dangers of music
piracy my only concern, music piracy is a very complex problem and I wonder where the
government is starting and how effective it will be as a law. I also wonder if the courts
would get tired of these piracy cases and decide to throw them out of the courts because
they are too complex and a waste of time.
This is entirely the courts decision, it is fair to the consumer however, what about
free music? This solution has a 50 % percent chance of working.