Biden Huddles With Hollywood On Piracy Issues
Vice President Joe Biden, Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr., and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III are among the top government officials meeting with entertainment industry leaders this afternoon at the...
View ArticleBiz To Obama: Put Teeth In Piracy Plan
Once again sounding the alarm on the threat of copyright theft to the entertainment industry, a coalition of studios, record labels and labor unions on Wednesday urged the White House to deploy a broad...
View ArticleWhite House On IP Enforcement: ‘We Must Secure Our Supply Chain’
The White House today released a six-point strategy for enforcing American intellectual property rights, with supply chain security making the short list of strategic initiatives. Victoria Espinel,...
View ArticleIP Czar Espinel: Government Anticipating Piracy Five Years Out
“So much of the distribution channel is moving to the Internet. This government is trying to stay ahead or at least anticipate the problems we’re going to have in five years,” said Victoria Espinel,...
View ArticleWhite House To Call for New IP Enforcement Laws
The Obama administration announced its expectation to submit to Congress what it called a “White Paper of legislative proposals” to improve intellectual property enforcement in the country. Victoria...
View ArticleWhite House Calls for Greater IP Enforcement Powers, Radio Performance Rights
The Obama administration proposed several additions to copyright legislation on Tuesday, including a clarification that infringement via streaming technology carries the same criminal penalties as the...
View ArticleCopyright Czar: Cloud Services Must ‘Work in the Way Consumers Want Them To...
Can cloud-based entertainment services help eradicate digital piracy? The White House’s first intellectual property enforcement coordinator sees promise — provided, of course, that consumers find the...
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