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U.S. Chamber Hails Holder on IP Enforcement

By Ryan Singel, Kevin Poulsen, Sarah Lai Stirland, Kim Zetter, and David Kravets

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce hailed President-elect Barack Obama's nomination Monday of Eric Holder as Attorney General.

Holder, the former deputy attorney general under President Clinton, "offers an encouraging sign about the incoming administration's commitment to enforce and improve IP rights," Mark Esper, a vice president for the nation's largest business lobby, wroteon the group's website Monday.

Almost a decade ago, the White House implemented the so-called Intellectual Property Rights Initiative aimed at combating piracy, which Holder announced in San Jose, Calif. "We are here to send the message that those who steal our intellectual property will be prosecuted. This is theft, pure and simple," Holder said at the time.

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Full post as published by Threat Level on December 01, 2008 (boomark / email).