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'Talk Like a Pirate Day' Highlights Need to Step Up IP Efforts
October 5th, 2008
While pirate lovers worldwide pay homage to Cap'n Slappy and Ol' Chumbucket by celebrating "International Talk Like a Pirate Day," piracy is indeed no laughing matter, suffering a national economic fallout of $58 billion per year. But at a time when policy makers must bring all hands on deck to confront the threat of piracy, a group of Senate Republicans could stall legislative efforts to enhance intellectual property resources. The proposal, while likely needing some work to ensure that Internet companies do not unjustly bear a burden for others' bad acts, would provide law enforcement resources for finding and catching thieves, and would make prominent a federal...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-10-05)
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