In Stairway to Heaven, for
example, the
alleged infringement was a «descending chromatic bass line» that lasted approximately two minutes at the beginning
of each song.
Examples of abuse
of the PATRIOT Act include its use by the FBI to charge Adam McGaughey for copyright
infringement after obtaining financial records from his ISP, tens
of thousands
of «National Security Letters» and a million financial records for certain Las Vegas businesses, and investigation
of potential drug traffickers for
alleged future crimes.