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PRO-IP Act Passes Judiciary Committee

Posted by Soulskill on from the cue-thunder-and-maniacal-cackling dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The Pro-IP Act has passed the Judiciary Committee unanimously, thanks to the support of committee chairman Rep. John Conyers (D-MI). We've discussed this before — it's the same bill which would create copyright cops with the power to seize computers, when powers like that have been systematically abused in other areas. But, apparently, they think the bill is just wonderful now, simply because they cut the provision that would've increased statutory damages while keeping the rest. This is the same bill that William Patry called the 'most outrageously gluttonous IP bill ever introduced in the US.'" While we're on the subject of intellectual property, Canadian law professor Michael Geist gave a talk on Monday about "copyright myths."

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  1. In the words of Bill Hicks... by Picass0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I prefer the political puppet on the right.
    Well, I prefer the puppet of the left.

    Hey, the same guys are controlling both puppets! We're fucked!

  2. Re:So do the regular cops, but... by malinha · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Protecting intellectual property rights overseas by working with other countries to ensure that such countries provide for the seizure of property used to produce pirated and counterfeit goods;"
    So, the US "war on IP" is now going to invade Sweden, because they have "weapons of mass distribution AKA The Pirate Bay"...
    Love this wonderful ideas that come from genius people.