U.S. lawmakers have asked Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft to go after Internet users who download unauthorized songs and other copyrighted material, raising the possibility of jail time for digital-music fans.
In a July 25 letter released late Thursday, 19 lawmakers from both sides of the aisle asked Ashcroft to prosecute "peer-to-peer" networks such as Kazaa and Morpheus and the users who swap digital songs, video clips and other files without permission from artists or their record labels.
