[IMG]http://www.theeca.com/newsletters/GP/JF/doj.jpg[/IMG]The Justice Department announced this week that Law enforcement agencies throughout the United States would receive almost $4 million in grants to fight intellectual property infringement. Police departments and District Attorneys in California, North Carolina, Florida, New York, Mississippi, Virginia and Texas will get a chunk of the money, according to [URL=http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/justice-dept-gives-out-4-million-fight-piracy-21344]The Wrap[/URL].

The Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, the National Crime Prevention Council, the National Association of Attorneys General, and the National White Collar Crime Center were also on the list to receive grant money.

The Motion Picture Association of America was supportive of the grant money, for obvious reasons: [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2010/10/01/doj-gives-4m-grants-law-enforcement-piracy-fight][B][COLOR=#8e0505]Read More[/COLOR][/B][/URL]

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