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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 October 14, 2008	President Signs Tough New Anti-Piracy Law President Bush on Monday signed into law the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act, which provides stiffer penalties for breaching intellectual property.
InternetNews September 29, 2004 Roy Mark	House Toughens Penalties on P2Ps Bill calls for criminal penalties of up to five years for willfully distributing copyrighted works.
InternetNews May 15, 2007 Roy Mark	More Jail Time For Copyright Crooks? Attorney General Alberto Gonzales sent legislation to Capitol Hill Monday that would increase jail time for repeat offenders of copyright laws.
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.
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.
The Motley Fool June 28, 2004 Seth Jayson	Congress Fires at Music Pirates The Recording Industry Association of America may benefit from Justice Department muscle in its fight against illegal music downloads.
Information Today November 28, 2011 George H. Pike	Controversy Surrounds Stop Online Piracy Act as Mark-Up Approaches The Stop Online Piracy Act was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. A companion bill to the previously introduced PROTECT-IP Act, SOPA would give both government officials and content owners new authority to go after "rogue websites."
InternetNews June 21, 2006 Roy Mark	Pirates Still Sailing By IP Protection Efforts The United States continues to flex its powerful legal muscle when it comes to intellectual property protection but even the government admits the results have been mixed.
Entrepreneur June 2006 Jane Easter Bahls	Hitting Hard Piracy laws just got tougher.
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.
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?
IndustryWeek June 1, 2008 Jill Jusko	Counterfeiting, Piracy Continue to Thrive Globally U.S. government, associations, companies remain on the offensive to combat intellectual property theft.
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.
InternetNews October 1, 2010	EFF Claims Victory in Delay of Senate IP Bill The Electronic Frontier Foundation warned that the legislation designed to combat piracy will inevitably take down lawful content.
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 April 7, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Hollywood Congressman Goes Global to Nix Piracy Rep. Berman announces a new effort to take the piracy fight worldwide.
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.
Search Engine Watch September 26, 2007 Grant Crowell	Copyright Law: What Search Marketers Should Know (Part 1) Most online copyright infringement issues are best handled by being diplomatic and professional, and can be handled with some simple legal procedures.
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 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 September 28, 2010	White House IP Honcho Takes On Piracy IP enforcement coordinator says government, private sector must work together to stamp out intellectual property infringement.
IndustryWeek May 29, 2009 Jill Jusko	Battles Rage on Many Fronts to Curtail Counterfeiting and Piracy Annual review by USTR shows both progress and backsliding. Concern over Canada grows.
InternetNews August 25, 2004 Roy Mark	DOJ Raids Private P2P Operation Authorities raided five residences and and an Internet service provider Wednesday morning in the first federal criminal enforcement action against private peer-to-peer networks.
InternetNews April 27, 2006 Roy Mark	Feds Charge Five More in Warez Crackdown Five more individuals are facing criminal copyright charges as part of the Department of Justice's ongoing crackdown on warez dealers.
Reason February 2009 David Weigel	Czar Wars Don't expect an Obama administration to eliminate the new post of intellectual property watchdog
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 May 2, 2005 Roy Mark	U.S. Ups Pressure on China Over IP Rights The United States says Beijing's infringement levels remain unacceptably high and may lead to trade sanctions.
InternetNews April 18, 2007 Roy Mark	Dems, Republicans Unite on Patent Reform Identical bills introduced in House and Senate to reduce infringement awards and to change Patent Office procedures.
CIO May 12, 2011 Grant Gross	Is Your Domain Safe from Seizures for Copyright Infringement? A group questions the government's process for shutdowns, but corporate sites are likely protected under safe-harbor provisions.
InternetNews October 30, 2007 David Needle	Yahoo: 'IP Rules!' Yahoo's head intellectual property lawyer explains why the Internet is keeping a lot of legal staffs busier than ever.
Information Today January 5, 2016 George H. Pike	The Year in Congress: Accomplishments in 2015 A review is offered of new laws that affect the library community and the information industry.
InternetNews June 9, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Bitter IP Fights Ahead Over Piracy, Compensation Battle lines drawn as congressional efforts on intellectual property laws pick up.
InternetNews January 11, 2011	Judiciary Chair Planning IP, Privacy Bills As the Senate Judiciary Committee gets rolling in the new session of Congress, Chairman Patrick Leahy offers details of an ambitious agenda that will tackle several key tech issues.
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 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 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.
HBS Working Knowledge June 9, 2008 Sean Silverthorne	Monetizing IP: The Executive's Challenge In this Q&A, Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner discusses current trends in Intellectual property, including the rise of patent pools.
InternetNews July 6, 2004 Roy Mark	P2P Bill Induces Tech Group to Action Companies push for new hearing on legislation that targets P2P networks and others for 'inducing' copyright infringement.
InternetNews November 17, 2005 Roy Mark	'Fair Use' Becomes Fair Game in House U.S. lawmakers struggle to balance consumer rights with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
InternetNews September 8, 2004 Roy Mark	House Panel Gets Tough on Spyware, P2P Piracy Judiciary Committee wants to slam prison door on peer-to-peer music swappers, spyware purveyors.
Search Engine Watch September 27, 2007 Grant Crowell	Copyright Law: What Search Marketers Should Know (Part 2) Addressing copyright infringement issues can be a tricky business. Take the time to plan out your approach so you can get through it quickly and easily.
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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 May 22, 2007 Roy Mark	A Rocky Road to Patent Reform A member of the House Judiciary Committee overseeing the Patent Reform Act of 2007, said he was optimistic "we'll finally pass patent reform this year."
InternetNews June 30, 2005 Roy Mark	DOJ Hits Warez Networks Federal agents launch 70 raids aimed at first providers of illegally distributed copyrighted works. The arrested were all active on warez networks that distribute the copies illegally through the Internet.
InternetNews September 13, 2006 Roy Mark	Another Sith Pirate Meets Force of Law Third member of Elite Torrents copyright theft ring pleads guilty to Star Wars movie theft.