Legal Niches

Senate Preps Anti-Online Piracy and Counterfeiting Bill

By james_fudge

A group of Senators introduced legislation Monday to tackle what they say is a "growing problem of online piracy and counterfeiting." Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and senior Republican member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced a new bill called the "Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act." The legislation is cosponsored by Committee members Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.). Senators Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) and George Voinovich (R-Ohio) are also cosponsors of the legislation.

The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act promises to do the following (according to the press release):

- Give the Department of Justice an expedited process for cracking down on websites that are dedicated to making infringing goods and services available; Read More

read more

Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on September 20, 2010 (boomark / email).