Copy a file...go to prison. That's the law?

The Family Entertainment and Copyright Act will, when signed by the President, make it a felony punishable by up to 3 years in prison and/or a $250,000 fine to have a copy of a pre-release copyrighted work in a shared folder, even if that folder is never accessed. More on this draconian legislation here. The RIAA and the entertainment business generally has backed this legislation as a top priority in their ongoing efforts to stop the proliferation of P2P networks. Nothing in the legislation alters the fact that the real culprits here are the entertainment executives and insiders who distribute the material (let's face it, this is all about films and to a lesser extent music) in the first place, presumably in violation of NDA's and other contractual obligations.