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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 April 6, 2006 Roy Mark	China, Russia Top International Piracy List China and Russia's "lack of political will" put the two countries at the top of a congressional group's 2006 International Piracy Watch List.
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 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 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.
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 November 14, 2005 Roy Mark	Trade Rep Raps China on Piracy U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman urges Beijing to roll up illegal distribution networks.
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.
Information Today June 2009 K. Matthew Dames	Intellectual Property: Why the Frame of `Piracy' Matters What does piracy really mean? The term's definition and history are important along with the reasons why its continued misrepresentation matters to the country's copyright policy.
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.
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.
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 September 22, 2005 Roy Mark	P2P, Internet2: Heady Brew For College Kids Unfazed by a landmark Supreme Court decision, students target Internet2 and campus LANs for file swapping, new report says.
InternetNews December 8, 2005 Roy Mark	Software Industry Shifts Piracy Strategy The U.S. strategy for its war on global software piracy is shifting from focusing on the financial damage of intellectual property theft to the economic benefits of copyright protection.
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 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.
InternetNews October 5, 2007 David Needle	Piracy's Other Price - Jobs Report says 373,375 Americans currently unemployed can thank motion picture, sound recording, video game and software pirates for the lack of job opportunities.
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 May 26, 2005 Roy Mark	Russia, China Warned on Piracy The U.S. warns Beijing and Moscow to beef up intellectual property enforcement.
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 January 12, 2010	All Eyes on U.S. Intellectual Property Deal Concerns among some in tech surface as the U.S. negotiates with other countries on copyright infringement policy.
PC World June 12, 2002 Anne Ju	Hollywood, Techies Square Off Over Copy Locks Consumer advocates charge entertainment industry exaggerates piracy losses, while copyright-holders call controls a minor hassle.
PC World November 2002 Kevin McKean	Up Front: A Corporate Posse for Copyright Thieves? That's how a tough new bill proposes to stop movie and music pirates.
InternetNews May 16, 2007 Roy Mark	Software Piracy Rates Fall in China, Russia Software piracy rates are falling in China and Russia, according to a new study.
InternetNews July 13, 2005 Roy Mark	USTR Calls China Talks 'Measured' Beijing promises to crack down on piracy and delay government software procurement rules. US officials and business people remain skeptical.
InternetNews July 7, 2004 Erin Joyce	Software Piracy Losses Add Up to $29B BSA changes its study focus on who's stealing software and yields new nuggets.
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 23, 2010	IP Czar: Piracy Threatens Economy, Security Often regarded as an inevitable and unfortunate part of doing business, the U.S.'s new intellectual property enforcer Victoria Espinel says government, private sector must do more to stamp out piracy.
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.
PC World April 12, 2002 Tom Spring	Gateway Ads Hit Sour Chord With Music Industry RIAA calls anti-copy controls campaign 'misleading scare tactics'...
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.
PC World June 2002 Tom Spring	Consumer Alert: Feds Eye Copy Locks for PC Gear Congress gets into copy controls fray as tech firms, Hollywood duke it out...
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.
PC Magazine January 10, 2007 Aaron Dalton	Washington's Net Change How the Democrat-controlled Congress could affect technology legislation.
CIO July 1, 2005 Elana Varon	$33 Billion-Gone! 35% of all software installed on the world's personal computers is pirated, according to a global study.
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.
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.
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?
InternetNews January 26, 2010	SIIA Ups the Ante on Payouts to Piracy Snitches Software trade group pays out record rewards to reel in pirates.
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.
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 April 20, 2005 Roy Mark	Content-Skipping Bill Headed For Law Lawmakers approve legislation to permit companies to sell filtering technology that skips ads, violence and obscene content in movies.
InternetNews February 1, 2007 Roy Mark	Quality Checking Patent Reform Longtime allies Berman and Boucher team on the Patents Depend on Quality Act of 2006.
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.
Home Theater October 11, 2007	Music Royalty Rhetoric Rises The recording, broadcasting, music publishing and live performance industries are currently waging a rhetorical free-for-all over what musicians get paid.