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See as background from last month:
http://news.com.com/Justice+Dept/2100-1028_3-5406654.html
"The U.S. Justice Department recommended a sweeping transformation of the nation's intellectual-property laws, saying peer-to-peer piracy is a "widespread" problem that can be addressed only through more spending, more FBI agents and more power for prosecutors."
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Subject: Fw: Audio Interview - U.S. Justice Department on Copyright Protection
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:48:07 -0800
From: Blane Warrene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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I have worked with Phil on some pieces before - and he manages to find some interesting candidates for his interviews.
Thought Politech readers might find this interview interesting.
Blane
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Sent: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 10:37:06 -0500 Subject: Audio Interview - U.S. Justice Department on Copyright Protection
Summary: In March Attorney General John Ashcroft appointed a special Task Force within the Justice Department to investigate the causes of the apparent rise in copyright infringement in recent years and to develop recommendations as to how the rights holders, Justice Department, and Congress could deal with the issues. The Chairman of that Task Force is David Israelite and he is our guest on Inside Digital Media today.
The Task Force is concerned that the rights holders be provided the tools needed to prosecute infringers. David indicates that one tool that would be constructive to add would be a means of recognizing with certainty the identities of individuals who are replicating copyrighted files without permission on the Internet within Peer-To-Peer networks and by other means.
David points out that copyright infringement in excess of $1,000 is considered a criminal misdemeanor. In excess of $2,500 it becomes a felony. He notes that ordinary property owners are protected from criminal theft by hundreds of thousands of local police, but that local law enforcement is ineffective against intellectual property theft over the Internet. Therefore, he feels it is necessary that the police force of the Justice Department, to wit the FBI, become the enforcement agency.
David is sympathetic to the principle of the Sony Betamax Supreme Court Decision in 1984 enabling the VCR to be sold as a legitimate device since it has substantial non-infringing uses. However, he also is concerned that some newer businesses on the Internet may be encouraging and perhaps inducing, consumers to become copyright infringers and have thereby overstepped the intent of the Sony Betamax decision.
From our interview, it appears that the Justice Department has placed a high priority on protecting intellectual property. Anyone interested in IP rights and how the government may view those rights in the context of a rapidly changing technological environment would do well to hear Davidâs thoughts.
Subject: Todayâs guest on Inside Digital Media is David Israelite who is the Chairman of the U.S. Department of Justice Task Force on Intellectual Property.
Length: This audio-only interview is covered in about 20 minutes.
Todayâs interview is audio-only. There are two ways to listen by visiting www.insidedigitalmedia.com and selecting the November 18th interview.
Stream. You can stream it to your computer and play it through the RealPlayer.
Download. You can download the entire dot-MP3 file which enables you to make it portable if you wish. For example, you can âburnâ the interview to a blank CD thereby enabling you to play it in your car or you can transfer it to a portable device like the Apple iPod.
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