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| Biden Promises 'Right Person' As Copyright Czar |
| from the film-appreciation dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday April 22, @21:54 (Movies) |
| http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/22/2226233 |
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "Vice President Joe Biden lauded Hollywood at a
gala dinner in Washington, assailed movie piracy, and promised film
executives that [1]the Obama administration would pick 'the right person'
as its copyright czar. Biden warned of the harms of piracy at the private
event organized by the Motion Picture Association of America in the
sumptuous, newly renovated Great Hall of the National Portrait Gallery in
Washington, D.C. 'It's pure theft, stolen from the artists and quite
frankly from the American people as consequence of loss of jobs and as a
consequence of loss of income,' Biden said, according to a White House
pool report. Biden addressed President Obama's forthcoming decision about
who will be named the intellectual-property enforcement coordinator,
better known as the copyright czar. Under a law approved by the US
Congress last October, Obama is required to appoint someone to coordinate
the administration's IP enforcement efforts and prepare annual reports.
[2]Copyright industry lobbyists sent a letter to the president asking him
to pick someone sympathetic to their concerns, while [3]groups that would
curb copyright law sent their own letter (PDF) urging the opposite
approach. We 'will find the right person for intellectual property czar,'
Biden said."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/04/22/2226233
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10224689-38.html
2. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10223549-38.html
3. http://www.publicknowledge.org/pdf/ip-letter-20090402.pdf
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