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Old 03-22-2011, 02:59 PM  
MeganS
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Whitehouse IP White Paper - Anyone read it?

I tried seeing if anyone had posted about this yet, but couldn't find it. So sorry if this has already been posted.

i saw this article: http://torrentfreak.com/white-house-...ingers-110316/

Headline: President Obama?s so-called ?IP Czar? Victoria Espinel yesterday delivered a 20-page white paper containing her recommendations for future legislation, calling on Congress to make changes in order to make it easier to clamp down on copyright infringement. Among the recommendations are calls to turn streaming into a felony alongside authority to wiretap in copyright cases.

Or you can be brave and read the whole thing here:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/defa...hite_paper.pdf


I'll be the first to say i am no expert on copyright or even an "half ass message board lawyer". I do my best to stay up to date on the legalities of our business and best of all, work with a lawyer for said reasons since i am not one. I am a little paranoid about government over stepping their boundaries but i did find this article interesting. More importantly i found the comments below the article an interesting read.

Now in my best Mike Meyers voice "Talk amongst yourselves ..."
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