Obama DOJ pick was anti-piracy enforcer

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"Neil MacBride was the vice president of anti-piracy and general counsel to the Business Software Alliance. He was known for leading the "Know it, Report It, Reward It" program, which paid out tipsters who called out software pirates.

"Obama has already found an associate attorney general in Tom Perrelli, a lawyer who has represented the Recording Industry Association of America on high-profile cases, and Obama's vice president, Joe Biden, has a long history of supporting the RIAA, CNet points out."

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