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# Elvis Costello Spoofs FBI Piracy Warnings
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/elvis_costello_-2/
- Published: 2004-11-19T14:58:52.000Z
- Updated: 2004-11-19T14:58:52.000Z
- Description: Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to five years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000. Bob. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2004/11/elvis_costello_-2.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Major Labels, Music Marketing, Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:10

![Fbi_1](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/fbi_1.jpg "Fbi_1")

***Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to five years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000.***  

Bob Lefsetz turned us on to this one: Check out the back cover of the latest **Elvis Costello** album, "The Delivery Man." Over the FBI warning, it says: "The artist does not endorse the following warning. The F.B.I. doesn’t have his home phone number and he hopes that they don’t have yours."