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: GamePolitics.comESA Supports Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act
By james_fudge
The hive mind at GamePolitics have talked about the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) being put forward by Vermont Democrat Senator Patrick Leahy earlier this month. Basically, it is a new set of laws to take down web sites that illegally distribute copyrighted material by giving courts and law enforcement the power to use restraining orders and preliminary injunctions against domain names suspected of copyright infringement activity.
Today Gamasutra reports that the bill has picked up the support of two game industry heavies: the Entertainment Software Association and publisher Activision. The bill also has the support of the Disney, NBC Universal, Newscorp., Time Warner, the Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America.
At least the EFF is against it. Read More
Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on October 25, 2010 (boomark / email).
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