Department of Commerce lobby's for PRO-IP, Says 750,000 Jobs Were Lost
Date : 2008 10 03 Category : Web News
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President Bush may be having second thoughts, but that isn't stopping the Department of Commerce from lobbying for a copyright czar.
David Kravets of Threat Level is reporting on an interesting development in the PRO-IP legislation currently sitting in front of president Bush, waiting for his signature. The last we heard, the president was contemplating vetoing the bill, saying that it would violate the constitutional separation of powers.
Entering the issue now is the Department of Commerce. They suggest that so-called "intellectual property piracy" has cost 750,000 jobs as well as a quarter of a trillion dollars annually (PDF - hosted by Wired).