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It looks as though the White House has voiced strong opposition to a bill backed by the recording industry that would let federal prosecutors file civil lawsuits against p2p file sharers. According to the news story, the letter sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee amounts to a veto threat and said the bill was "objectionable on constitutional grounds."
The two-page letter said that copyright owners already have plenty of legal methods to target infringers, including seeking injunctions, impounding infringing materials, recovering actual damages plus statutory damages, and, in some cases, obtaining attorney's fees.