The amendment she offered was essentially a version of her "Protect American Innovation Act," introduced last November. It contains a lot of the same provisions we keep seeing in one form or another in various bills that continually try and insert new bits of the content lobby's agenda into U.S. law.
In particular, it seeds more IP enforcement officials throughout the government (including creating a new Director of IP Rights Enforcement at the Treasury Department).
The amendment she offered was essentially a version of her "Protect American Innovation Act," introduced last November. It contains a lot of the same provisions we keep seeing in one form or another in various bills that continually try and insert new bits of the content lobby's agenda into U.S. law.
In particular, it seeds more IP enforcement officials throughout the government (including creating a new Director of IP Rights Enforcement at the Treasury Department).
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In particular, it seeds more IP enforcement officials throughout the government (including creating a new Director of IP Rights Enforcement at the Treasury Department).
[#title] => [#description] => [#printed] => 1 ) [#title] => [#description] => [#children] => The IP Attaché Act now has company in the dubious club of former bits of SOPA/PIPA being floated in Congress. This week, Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) offered and then withdrew an amendment to add another raft of copyright enforcement proposals to a trade bill.The amendment she offered was essentially a version of her "Protect American Innovation Act," introduced last November. It contains a lot of the same provisions we keep seeing in one form or another in various bills that continually try and insert new bits of the content lobby's agenda into U.S. law.
In particular, it seeds more IP enforcement officials throughout the government (including creating a new Director of IP Rights Enforcement at the Treasury Department).
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The recently maligned IP Attaché Act is just one in a long line of IP bills that include seemingly innocuous provisions that could later prove to be harmful to innovation and the free flow of information. In February I gave a talk at the University of Colorado that showed how over a decade, supporters of increasing copyright protection dropped little-known and little-understood language in IP bills that eventually became the basis for SOPA and PIPA, as well as the Department of Homeland Security’s program for seizing domain names.
According to a former US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) official I spoke with, the content industries and their friends have been pushing the changes this bill would make for years. That alone tells you something.
The recently maligned IP Attaché Act is just one in a long line of IP bills that include seemingly innocuous provisions that could later prove to be harmful to innovation and the free flow of information. In February I gave a talk at the University of Colorado that showed how over a decade, supporters of increasing copyright protection dropped little-known and little-understood language in IP bills that eventually became the basis for SOPA and PIPA, as well as the Department of Homeland Security’s program for seizing domain names.
According to a former US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) official I spoke with, the content industries and their friends have been pushing the changes this bill would make for years. That alone tells you something.
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According to a former US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) official I spoke with, the content industries and their friends have been pushing the changes this bill would make for years. That alone tells you something.
[#title] => [#description] => [#printed] => 1 ) [#title] => [#description] => [#children] =>The recently maligned IP Attaché Act is just one in a long line of IP bills that include seemingly innocuous provisions that could later prove to be harmful to innovation and the free flow of information. In February I gave a talk at the University of Colorado that showed how over a decade, supporters of increasing copyright protection dropped little-known and little-understood language in IP bills that eventually became the basis for SOPA and PIPA, as well as the Department of Homeland Security’s program for seizing domain names.
According to a former US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) official I spoke with, the content industries and their friends have been pushing the changes this bill would make for years. That alone tells you something.
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112TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. ______
To promote a level playing field for American innovators abroad and American
job creation by improving the intellectual property attache´ program,
and coordinating and aligning intellectual property policy with compelling
economic interests of the United States and freedom.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. WATT,
Mr. ISSA, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. COBLE, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CHAFFETZ, and
Mr. SCHIFF) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on _________
A BILL
The following can be attributed to Rashmi Rangnath, Director, Global Knowledge Initiative, and Staff Attorney:
“Today, Public Knowledge joined a coalition of organizations promoting transparency in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. The campaign, called Stop the Trap, is dedicated to ensuring that any rules that may impact the Internet are developed in an open and democratic manner.
“The Stop the Trap campaign is an opportunity for organizations from the negotiating countries to voice common concerns with the substance of the TPP, including the possible lengthening of copyright terms, criminalization of non-commercial-scale infringement, and restricting limitations and exceptions.”
Stop the Trap, organized by the Canadian organization OpenMedia.ca, is supported by Sum of Us, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Council of Canadians, Derechos Digitales, and Tucows.
This is the third in the series of our deep dive blog posts talking about concerns with specific aspects of the TPP. In this one, I will talk about the copyright enforcement provisions of the TPP and why they are not in the best interests of Americans or citizens of the other TPP countries.
Like most of our other our substantive analyses, this one is based on the US proposed draft text that leaked in February last year.
This is the third in the series of our deep dive blog posts talking about concerns with specific aspects of the TPP. In this one, I will talk about the copyright enforcement provisions of the TPP and why they are not in the best interests of Americans or citizens of the other TPP countries.
Like most of our other our substantive analyses, this one is based on the US proposed draft text that leaked in February last year.
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Like most of our other our substantive analyses, this one is based on the US proposed draft text that leaked in February last year.
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Like most of our other our substantive analyses, this one is based on the US proposed draft text that leaked in February last year.
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Tomorrow the 12th round of negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will begin, but the negotiating countries are still keeping the public in the dark while they strike a deal that may drastically increase copyright protection and enforcement.
Tomorrow the 12th round of negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will begin, but the negotiating countries are still keeping the public in the dark while they strike a deal that may drastically increase copyright protection and enforcement.
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[#title] => [#description] => [#printed] => 1 ) [#title] => [#description] => [#children] =>Tomorrow the 12th round of negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will begin, but the negotiating countries are still keeping the public in the dark while they strike a deal that may drastically increase copyright protection and enforcement.
[#printed] => 1 ) [links] => Array ( [node_read_more] => Array ( [title] => Read more [href] => node/6825 [attributes] => Array ( [title] => Read the rest of Next Round of Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations Begins Tomorrow. ) ) ) ) The “Special 301 Report” is an annual report compiled by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), supposedly identifying countries that do not provide adequate and effective protection to the intellectual property rights of US persons.
In practice, Special 301 has turned into an arm-twisting exercise forcing countries to pass laws and adopt practices favored by large copyright and patent holders and often not in the public interest.
The office of the USTR published its 2012 Special 301 Report today. We are still analyzing the report, but here are our first impressions:
The “Special 301 Report” is an annual report compiled by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), supposedly identifying countries that do not provide adequate and effective protection to the intellectual property rights of US persons.
In practice, Special 301 has turned into an arm-twisting exercise forcing countries to pass laws and adopt practices favored by large copyright and patent holders and often not in the public interest.
The office of the USTR published its 2012 Special 301 Report today. We are still analyzing the report, but here are our first impressions:
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In practice, Special 301 has turned into an arm-twisting exercise forcing countries to pass laws and adopt practices favored by large copyright and patent holders and often not in the public interest.
The office of the USTR published its 2012 Special 301 Report today. We are still analyzing the report, but here are our first impressions:
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In practice, Special 301 has turned into an arm-twisting exercise forcing countries to pass laws and adopt practices favored by large copyright and patent holders and often not in the public interest.
The office of the USTR published its 2012 Special 301 Report today. We are still analyzing the report, but here are our first impressions:
[#printed] => 1 ) [links] => Array ( [node_read_more] => Array ( [title] => Read more [href] => node/6803 [attributes] => Array ( [title] => Read the rest of The 2012 Special 301 Report Continues to do the Bidding of the Content Industry. ) ) ) ) The United States needs someone in government whose sole job is to propose policies that advance the freedom to create and innovate, including freedom from draconian intermediary liability and poor quality patents.
This need became crystal clear last week, when I went to my third or fourth Obama Administration gathering to celebrate the importance of strong intellectual property protection to the United States.
The United States needs someone in government whose sole job is to propose policies that advance the freedom to create and innovate, including freedom from draconian intermediary liability and poor quality patents.
This need became crystal clear last week, when I went to my third or fourth Obama Administration gathering to celebrate the importance of strong intellectual property protection to the United States.
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This need became crystal clear last week, when I went to my third or fourth Obama Administration gathering to celebrate the importance of strong intellectual property protection to the United States.
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This need became crystal clear last week, when I went to my third or fourth Obama Administration gathering to celebrate the importance of strong intellectual property protection to the United States.
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