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Proposed Copyright Bill Enlists ISPs as Enforcers

By Stephanie Jordan
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A bill intended to control rogue Web sites that offer material that infringes on copyrights and trademarks made a comeback in May, reports the Center for Democracy & Technology. Formally known by the acronym COICA, the new version—S. 968, the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 (Its acronym is PROTECT IP Act)—has changes that narrow the bill’s reach, in response to the earlier bill’s critics.

Published June 16, 2011

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