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U.S. to Get New IP Czar

Posted by timothy on from the czar-job-crisis-nearly-over dept.

tetraminoe writes "Reuters is reporting that Congress's latest spending bill provides for the creation of a federal copyright enforcement czar. According to the article, 'Under the program, the president can appoint a copyright law enforcement officer whose job is to coordinate law enforcement efforts aimed at stopping international copyright infringement and to oversee a federal umbrella agency responsible for administering intellectual property law.' It also gives $2 million to the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council (NIPLAC), created in the '90s and never funded. NIPLAC will work to protect American IP overseas and oversee enforcement."

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  1. I sure hope this IP czar... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...is version 6. But knowing the government, I doubt it.

  2. VOLTRON! by Luigi30 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The power of the MPAA, RIAA, and FBI have combined to firm... NIPLAC!

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    1. Re:VOLTRON! by Cylix · · Score: 2, Funny

      W can then say his really nifty new catch phrase, "And I'll Form The Head!"

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  3. Czar invades Russia! by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now we'll finally stop screwing around like a bunch of liberals, and invade Russia to stop their theft of honest American labor. Once we've got them whipped, it's on to China! The Czar rides again!

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  4. Re:First by strider5 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe instead they should have allocated more money for USPTO auditors so we can put a stop to people gaining patents for shit like shoelaces by calling them:

    "cords made of woven fibers, providing tension across multiple eyelets to prevent footcoverings from falling free of the body"

    seriously, this is bananas. what next?

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  5. Why NIPLAC? by The+Dodger · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess NIPLECC was too close for comfort. :-)

    D.

  6. Senator Hatch by PortHaven · · Score: 2, Funny

    Needs to be tarred, feathered and deballed!

  7. And the President's first appointee will be...? by adamh526 · · Score: 2, Funny

    None other than Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah).

  8. Tired of the whole "Czar" thing by CheeseTroll · · Score: 3, Funny

    How about "Drug Fuhrer"?
    "Education Pharoah"?
    "Emperor of Homeland Security"?

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  9. Re:Huh? by DaHat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Airport and border security have always been a joke. The point of the TSA is to con you into thinking you're "safe" so you'll go about your life instead of cowering in fear.

    Shhh, don't say that too loud.

    Do you want the population to hear you undermining our system of security? Every time you criticize our leaders and the safeguards they have put in place to keep you and me safe... you help the terrorists win.

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  10. Quick! by mogrify · · Score: 2, Funny

    Quick! Somebody patent the idea of government-enforced copyright protection!

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    1. Re:Quick! by Lysander+Luddite · · Score: 2, Funny

      I believe such a thing has prior art. But submit it to USPTO anyway and label it a business process and you'll probably get it.