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The Environmental Protection Agency has responded to a report that it used music from Nintendo's 'Yoshi's Island DS' title in a flash game developed by the government agency aimed at teaching children ...

"Damages" are just as big when the EPA commits copyright infringement as when a civilian does it, and the penalties should be at least as large.

Right off the bat, I have to start out with something negative; NO YOSHIS SINGING ON THE TITLE SCREEN!!! :( Remember in the SNES version? The cute out of tune singing Yoshis??? Oh well, I suppose I ...