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January 15, 2013 10:29 pm GMT

Federal Employees Still Illegally Download Films and Shows


When Congress was debating the Stop Online Piracy Act back in late 2011, a report alleged staff at the U.S. House of Representatives were downloading pirated content illegally -- the exact practice SOPA was intended to fight.

Fast forward to today, and it seems House employees are still grabbing TV episodes and movies on the digital down-low.

Computers in the House of Representatives have been used to download "dozens" of films and television shows, according to a report by ScanEye shared with U.S. News and World Report. ScanEye works by tracking IP addresses used to download files via BitTorrent. ScanEye matched IP addresses of downloaders with the House through use of IP-to-location…
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