Cory -- Glenn's a great guy and all, but he's playing at Chicken Little with this one. There are lots of reasons not to like the bill, but it doesn't mean"that instead of the RIAA simply trying to collect fines, they can also incite local authorities to collect all the computers and related gear that was used to pirate." The bill doesn't let RIAA take your house. And to the extent that the bill says anything about the government's authority to do it, it doesn't change the existing forfeiture authority for copyright very much at all - the government already has the authority to seize a lot of property used to commit crime. Unlike in some other countries, where any copyright violation can be prosecuted criminally (at least in theory), in the US copyright infringement can only be prosecuted criminally where it is willful and above a certain level or involves stuff that hasn't been released yet.

There are lots of things not to like in that "PRO IP" bill. Like the fact that it would create a new White House person whose job would essentially consist of pushing "IP industry" agenda. It's weird that the point you and Glenn would fix on is the forfeiture one.