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Family Entertainment and Copyright Act

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A controversial law passed in the United States of America that attempts to mitigate copyright violation by targetting anyone who has even a single copy of an unreleased film, software program or music file in a shared folder, regardless of whether that file is downloaded or not. The law allows for a penalty consisting of fines and/or imprisonment of up to three years.

This act was introduced into the United States Senate (of the 109th United States Congress) on January 25, 2005 by Senator Orrin Hatch of Georgia. It was signed into law by President George W. Bush on April 27, 2005.

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