Did you know that:

• • Websites trafficking in stolen film and TV content get nearly 150 million visits every day, more than 50 billion visits per year.
  • Content theft threatens over 2 million jobs supported by the film and television industry in all 50 states and D.C.
  • Content theft has already cost 140,000 U.S. jobs, along with $5 billion in wages and revenues for residuals and pensions.

A coalition of the major media conglomerates and entertainment labor unions has launched a website, ©reativeamerica, to promote a new anti-piracy legislation,the "Protect IP Act", that was passed in May by the Senate Judiciary committee.

"The bill, introduced Monday by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) and senior Republican member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), would give the Justice Department more tools to track and shut down websites devoted to providing access to unauthorized downloads, streaming or sale of copyright content. The Justice Department, for example, would have authority to seek a court order to block credit card payments and advertising on illegal websites."

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