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White House Cracks Down On Piracy & Counterfeiting

Posted by kdawson on from the smash-and-grab dept.

GovTechGuy writes "On Tuesday the White House made a show of rolling out an expansive new strategy to combat online piracy and counterfeit goods, to the delight of industry groups. The plan emphasizes targeting foreign websites that host pirated software and movies and increasing the number of investigations and prosecutions by the FBI, FTC, and Justice Department. Here is the complete plan, introduced by the new 'copyright czar,' Victoria Espinel."

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  1. Re:CounterPiracy? by cesarb · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Some people have already been thinking about the legal implications of 3D printers. You might be interested in the following paper:

    "The Intellectual Property Implications of Low-Cost 3D Printing"