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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."

3 of 320 comments (clear)

  1. &^#*(^$ Lazy Editors! by shaneh0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's spelled c - a - r.

    IDIOTS!

  2. Re:I sure hope this IP czar... by Lispy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I want a pizza too...

  3. Re:Finally by kmak · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ya, because they might vote for Kerry.

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    I'm not the devil.. just his advocate.