Ok, Police are one thing but Copyright cops? This is just getting way out of control. People should not be able to copyright software and yet it still happens. Article from Slashdot.org:

Congress Creates Copyright Cops

Posted by Zonk on Friday December 07, @07:44AM
from the story-you-are-about-to-see-is-a-fib-but-its-short dept.

 

I Don’t Believe in Imaginary Property writes “Not satisfied with pitiful potential penalties of $150,000 for infringing upon a $0.99 song, Congress is proposing new copyright cops in the “‘PRO IP’ Act of 2007, specifically the creation of the Office of the United States Intellectual Property Enforcement Representative (USIPER). They also feel that the authorities need the authority to seize any computers used for infringement and to send copyright cops abroad to help other countries enforce US laws. MPAA boss Dan Glickman praised the bill saying that, ‘films left costs foreign and domestic distributors, retailers and others $18 billion a year,’ though Ars points out that it allegedly costs the studios only $6 billion.”