Major Provisions
- Allows criminal penalties even for work not registered in the US Copyright Office.
- Increases jail time for attempted copyright infringement from 5 years to 10 or 10 to 20 years for further offenses - even if the attempt is unsuccessful.
- Permits the use of wiretaps in copyright investigations and create a new FBI unit dedicated to copyright infringement
- Allows organizations holding copyrights to seize any documentation related to copyright infringement.
- Forces infringers to forfeit property used in the offense.
- Expands DMCA language prohibiting the distribution of technology capable of circumventing copy protection to more restrictive language, which prevents possession or creation of such technology if there is a possibility of redistribution.
Read more about this topic: Intellectual Property Protection Act Of 2006
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