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TAKE ACTION: SOPA Is Back! Reborn By Congress As IPAA

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Well here we go – it’s SOPA 2.0.

After internet freedom being threatened by ACTA, SOPA, COICA, PIPA, and CISPA, now comes IPAA which has been quietly reintroduced to the House by Rep. Lamar Smith.

Even after millions rallied against the passage of SOPA/PIPA, the House is still quietly trying to pass a related bill that would give the entertainment industry more permanent, government-funded spokespeople. The Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee recently held a hearing on Lamar Smith’s IP Attaché Act [PDF], a bill that increases intellectual property policing around the world. The Act would create an Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, as well as broaden the use of IP attachés in particular U.S. embassies. (The attachés were notably present in Sec. 205 of SOPA—which was also introduced by Smith.)

The major issue with this bill—and all similar bills—is that the commissioning of people in the executive branch who are solely dedicated to “intellectual property enforcement” caters to Big Content. The IP attachés are charged with “reducing intellectual property infringement” and “advancing intellectual property rights” around the world, but not to critically engage IP complexities and limitations. From our perspective, this bill is nothing more than the government giving Hollywood traveling foot soldiers.

Read more about it, watch the video below for more info and if you want to get more involved sign The Declaration of Internet Freedom, a manifesto organized by Free Press.

House Quietly Reintroduces a Piece of SOPA [EFF]

Lamar Smith Looking To Sneak Through SOPA In Bits & Pieces, Starting With Expanding Hollywood’s Global Police Force [Techdirt]

Forward this to spread the word before it’s too late!

photo: Free Press

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