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Information Today December 31, 2007 George H. Pike	Congress Proposes to Enhance IP Enforcement and Penalties The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO-IP) Act, H.R. 4279, proposes a number of steps to strengthen the enforcement of copyright, trademark, and patent laws and to increase criminal and civil penalties for copyright infringement.
InternetNews December 13, 2007 Sean Gallagher	Consumer, Industry Groups Spar Over Piracy Bill PRO IP's supporters testify in Washington that the act will curb counterfeit bags and DVDs. Critics fear it will hurt fair use and new media models.
Home Theater December 17, 2007 Mark Fleischmann	Congress Unrolls Copyright Wiper Look out, file sharers. Congress is about to enact draconian new legislation that would make penalties for copyright violation even stiffer.
InternetNews November 10, 2005 Roy Mark	Attorney General Seeking Tougher IP Laws Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales proposed new legislation today that would strengthen penalties for copyright infringement, expand intellectual property protection and add critical enforcement tools.
InternetNews April 7, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Hollywood Congressman Goes Global to Nix Piracy Rep. Berman announces a new effort to take the piracy fight worldwide.
InternetNews September 29, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	Anti-Piracy Bill Headed for the White House Bill to tighten piracy-enforcement laws and championed by entertainment industry heads to president's desk, though objections persist.
InternetNews April 1, 2004 Roy Mark	House Panel Endorses P2P Criminal Penalties Judiciary subcommittee passes legislation sanctioning prison time for suspects caught trading 1,000 or more copyrighted files online.
InternetNews July 20, 2009	Music, Software Heads Stump for Tougher IP Laws New economic study highlights important role of industries like software and music and calls attention to rising threat from piracy.
InternetNews March 9, 2007 Roy Mark	Lawmakers Bash Colleges Over Campus Piracy House panel threatens to take matters into its own hands if college administrators don't crack down on online campus piracy.
InternetNews November 11, 2005 Roy Mark	Public Knowledge Pans AG's Copyright Proposal Digital rights group Public Knowledge picks apart legislation that puts copyright theft in criminal code.
InternetNews November 30, 2004 Roy Mark	Congress Slashes Hollywood's Copyright Wish List Revised legislation drops controversial copyright provisions supported by the movie and recording industries.
InternetNews October 14, 2008	President Signs Tough New Anti-Piracy Law President Bush on Monday signed into law the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act, which provides stiffer penalties for breaching intellectual property.
InternetNews June 9, 2009 Dan Muse	Lawmaker Calls for Rethinking Piracy Fight Rep. Robert Wexler admits shortcomings of efforts to defend intellectual property in what has become a generational struggle.
InternetNews June 9, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Bitter IP Fights Ahead Over Piracy, Compensation Battle lines drawn as congressional efforts on intellectual property laws pick up.
InternetNews January 15, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	New Clashes Await Over Digital Copyright Does government need to do more to curtail piracy, or are media industries threatening the freedom of the Internet?
Information Today November 28, 2011 George H. Pike	Controversy Surrounds Stop Online Piracy Act as Mark-Up Approaches The Stop Online Piracy Act was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. A companion bill to the previously introduced PROTECT-IP Act, SOPA would give both government officials and content owners new authority to go after "rogue websites."
InternetNews November 12, 2004 Roy Mark	Conservatives Aim to Sink Pirate Act American Conservative Union says Hollywood wants to use the DOJ as its private law firm to sue copyright infringers.
Entrepreneur June 2006 Jane Easter Bahls	Hitting Hard Piracy laws just got tougher.
InternetNews May 15, 2007 Roy Mark	More Jail Time For Copyright Crooks? Attorney General Alberto Gonzales sent legislation to Capitol Hill Monday that would increase jail time for repeat offenders of copyright laws.
InternetNews March 30, 2007 Roy Mark	Congress Flunks P2P Test Lawmakers consider throwing millions at a problem it can't solve: illegal peer-to-peer file sharing.
IndustryWeek May 20, 2010	Counterfeiting, Piracy Persist on a Global Scale U.S. Chamber of Commerce calls for legislation to rein in offenders.
InternetNews September 29, 2004 Roy Mark	House Toughens Penalties on P2Ps Bill calls for criminal penalties of up to five years for willfully distributing copyrighted works.
InternetNews July 25, 2005 Roy Mark	Bush Appoints IP Eyes New senior-level government position at the Commerce Department to focus on coordinating U.S. efforts in combating worldwide intellectual property theft.
InternetNews April 9, 2007 Roy Mark	U.S. Lodges Piracy Complaints Against China The United States is turning to the World Trade Organization to settle two trade disputes with China involving intellectual property rights.
InternetNews October 4, 2004 Roy Mark	U.S. Launches New Anti-Piracy Campaign U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick says Internet and sophisticated duplication technology have taken piracy to unprecedented levels.
Home Theater October 14, 2008	Another Bad Copyright Law Passes The newly signed Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act escalates penalties for copyright infringement.
InternetNews June 10, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Lawmaker Plans Digital Royalties Probe Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers could be setting the stage for a battle between the traditional entertainment industry and digital media giants like Apple and Amazon.
Reason February 2009 David Weigel	Czar Wars Don't expect an Obama administration to eliminate the new post of intellectual property watchdog
InternetNews November 4, 2004 Roy Mark	MPAA Targets Movie Downloaders The Motion Picture Association of America plans to begin filing copyright theft lawsuits Nov. 16 against users of peer-to-peer networks who illegally trade movies over the file-swapping networks.
InternetNews May 18, 2007 Clint Boulton	Will Copyright Alliance's Wax Trigger YouTube's Wane? YouTubes of the world be warned. This coalition vows to uphold and enforce copyright laws under the First Amendment.
Home Theater May 17, 2007	'Attempted Copyright Crimes' Law Proposed Copying music or movies? Don't even think about it, says attorney general Alberto Gonzales. He's supporting a new law that would make even attempting copyright infringement a new federal offense.
The Motley Fool June 28, 2004 Seth Jayson	Congress Fires at Music Pirates The Recording Industry Association of America may benefit from Justice Department muscle in its fight against illegal music downloads.
InternetNews September 17, 2004 Roy Mark	USTR Wants More Input on China Piracy United States Trade Representative office says protection of U.S. intellectual property rights is Bush administration's top priority.
InternetNews October 1, 2010	EFF Claims Victory in Delay of Senate IP Bill The Electronic Frontier Foundation warned that the legislation designed to combat piracy will inevitably take down lawful content.
InternetNews September 28, 2004 Roy Mark	New Induce Act Prompts Old Complaints Critics claim the bill will open digital music player makers to copyright infringement liability.
Searcher January 2004 Carol Ebbinghouse	If at First You Don't Succeed, Stop! Proposed legislation to set up new intellectual property right in facts themselves
Information Today October 20, 2003 George H. Pike	Database Protection Legislation Introduced in Congress On Oct. 8, 2003, the ongoing debate over the need for database protection returned to the floor of Congress with the introduction of House Bill 3261, the Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act.
InternetNews December 5, 2007 Sean Gallagher	DOJ Sides With RIAA in File Sharing Case The Justice Department says a Minnesota woman is still on the hook for almost a quarter-million bucks in landmark file-sharing case.
InternetNews February 27, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Net Neutrality, Copyright Spoiling for a Fight It may be time to choose sides in the battle lines drawing over Net neutrality and online copyright.
InternetNews June 21, 2006 Roy Mark	Pirates Still Sailing By IP Protection Efforts The United States continues to flex its powerful legal muscle when it comes to intellectual property protection but even the government admits the results have been mixed.
InternetNews May 17, 2007 Roy Mark	House Panel Approves Patent Reform Bill Patent reform wobbled out of a U.S. House subcommittee Wednesday afternoon with even those voting for it demanding changes before a full House Judiciary Committee vote.
InternetNews March 31, 2006 David Needle	U.S. A.G.: Limits to Data it Can Collect U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez gave a big high five to the enforcement of intellectual property laws.
PC World January 14, 2003 Malaika Costello-Dougherty	A Truce Over Copy Controls? Hollywood, tech industries agree to fight piracy and legislation, but support technical restrictions.
IndustryWeek June 1, 2008 Jill Jusko	Counterfeiting, Piracy Continue to Thrive Globally U.S. government, associations, companies remain on the offensive to combat intellectual property theft.
InternetNews September 30, 2004 Roy Mark	Senate Panel Delays Induce Act Vote Again Controversial legislation directed at P2P copyright infringement stalls for third consecutive week.
Salon.com January 15, 2003 Katharine Mieszkowski	Hollywood and Silicon Valley: Together at last? A new industry agreement on digital copyright issues says the government should stay out of enforcement. But it's a little late for that, says one expert.
InternetNews July 23, 2004 Roy Mark	Hatch Vows P2P Action This Year Senator wants to go after those who produce technologies that "induce" copyright infringement... Business Software Alliance, IEEE fight the measure.
InternetNews February 6, 2007 Roy Mark	Concealment a Crime in Latest Data Breach Bill Additional legislation calls for criminal penalties for concealing breaches and consumer notification of 'significant' breaches.
PC World December 13, 2001 Todd R. Weiss	Feds Crack Software Piracy Rings Two-year probe targeted international groups illegally distributing software, games, and movies online...
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