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FTC and JD Holding Hearings on IP

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the get-your-voice-in-there dept.

hondo77 writes "The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department are holding hearings on intellectual property laws over the next few weeks (the first one was Feb 6). They're looking at the balance between IP rights and the free market."

2 of 192 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Lemme see . . . by CaseStudy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Can't abolish patents and copyrights on an FTC say-so; it takes at minimum an act of Congress, and most likely a Constitutional amendment.

  2. Re:ya! not fp by Walterk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's good to see someone/thing be glad it/(s)he isn't a file pointer.

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