Government about piracy

American Attorney General said in 2008 “Criminal syndicates, and in some cases even
terrorist groups, view IP crime as a lucrative business, and see it as a low-risk way to fund other
activities” He tried to justify his claims by saying that the police often finds pirated software,
music and films belonging to the terrorists when they arrest them. He concluded that they use it to
earn money to finance their operations, however in his speech he could not directly link any specific
situation when pirates were really financing terrorism (Gralla, 2008). If he could not find any
argumentation for his thesis, why did he try to make people believe him? Soon after that, he tried to
convince congress to push through a controversial intellectual property law which would increase
penalties and police power, set up a new agency to investigate IP theft, and more. It is known that
industry's lobbyists have been pushing for it and now they found someone ready to help them.

Governments have of course business in convincing people to buy genuine copies and spend
money because of taxes, but comparing pirates to terrorists is a little over exaggerated.

President Obama in January 2012 said: “It's not right when another country lets our movies,
music, and software be pirated." He proclaimed that after presenting an idea of a Trade Enforcement
Unit, which would be responsible for “Investigating unfair trade practices in countries like China,”
this also includes piracy in countries which allow it. US government seems to be so desperate to
fight with piracy, that is even ready to force their will in independent countries (Albanesius, 2012).