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Sounds good on the surface doesn't it?
When you dig into it, it also mandates significant additional testing for ALL products much like the FDA is now with drugs and we all know how great that process works.
It also allows the government to act on violations without due process and not just for movies, music, images etc. It also covers semi conductors, car parts, appliances and such.
It now gives the federal government the ability to say to an imported product that it is not worthy of use in the US. What is this going to do to the auto aftermarket? or the consumer electronics industry when you don't have to prove that you have a patent?
It allows them to unilaterally bypass the patent offices processes and the courts ability to make decisions based on the criteria of the case. It's like the DMCA but for ALL invented products not just digital ones.
In the end, this will have almost no positive effect on our industry. Also consider this, the US already has the lowest piracy rate in the world.
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