Public Knowledge said it opposes the “secretly drafted” Intellectual Property...
Public Knowledge said it opposes the “secretly drafted” Intellectual Property Attache Act being considered by the House Judiciary Committee. The group urged lawmakers to withdraw their consideration of the bill, in a letter sent to Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas,…
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and Ranking Member John Conyers, D-Mich., (http://xrl.us/bngiox). Public Knowledge President Gigi Sohn said the bill contains language that was previously written in the Stop Online Privacy Act (HR-3261) and “appears to approach intellectual property from an enforcement only approach. ... If the committee is to divert more taxpayer resources towards improving the copyright system, it should start with modernizing the registration system so that artists big and small can get paid.”