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techcrunch.com - 10/15/2008
Bush’s New Copyright Czar Is Going To Do About As Much Good As His Drug Czar
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Yesterday, President Bush signed into law the Pro-IP Act, which further criminalizes consumer behavior and appoints a new “Copyright Czar” to oversee enforcement of the new measures. The law triples damages in copyright infringement cases, allows the government to seize property ...
updates.zdnet.com - 10/10/2008
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— updates.zdnet.com — ZDNet Resources Copyright czar is born: Prez signs Pro-IP law Get ready for the Copyright Czar. President... Bush just signed the Pro-IP Act (the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008), which provides for a new ... (more) management Resources

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techdirt.com - 10/14/2008
President Signs ProIP Bill Into Law; White House Gets Copyright Czar
— techdirt.com — Apparently, having our elected politicians completely lie to the President, combined with various business groups using totally... made up numbers about the so-called "costs" of piracy was enough to convince President Bush to sign the ProIP bill into law ... (more) President Signs ProIP Bill Into Law; White House Gets ...

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SmoothSpan Blog:  Both Barack Obama and John McCain are Far From High Tech Concerns

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Both Barack Obama and John McCain are Far From High Tech Concerns
SmoothSpan Blog — ... Likewise, when the Technosphere (Techcrunch at least) gets all up in arms about George Bush and the Pro-IP Act, we have to get a little perspective.  We’ve lost the plot first in that the ...

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