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Articles and resources about egovernment trends in legal issues in the United States.

Court rules Internet IP addresses are not people: By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols. ZDNet Networking Blog, May 4, 2011. "... a U.S. District Court has ruled that an IP address is not the same thing as a person's identification. This current decision came about because of a recent wave of copyright owners filing approximately 100,000 lawsuits against file sharers based on their IP addresses..."

Added: 11 May 2011; Page views: 620 Rating: 0 Votes: 0

2010 Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement - in pdf format (911kb): (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). The White House, June 2010. "... As provided by the PRO-IP Act, the IPEC and the Federal agencies responsible for combating intellectual property infringement have worked together, with significant input from the public, to identify ways in which the U.S. Government can enhance intellectual property enforcement... The results are the 33 enforcement strategy action items spelled out below, which will shape the coordinated fight to combat intellectual property infringement. Those action items fall within six categories of focus for the U.S.: (1) leading by example; (2) increasing transparency; (3) ensuring efficiency and coordination; (4) enforcing our rights internationally; (5) securing our supply chain; and (6) building a data-driven Government..."

Added: 24 June 2010; Page views: 501 Rating: 0 Votes: 0

White House releases first intellectual property strategy: Interagency efforts aims to ID pirate Web sites, By Alice Lipowicz. Federal Computer Week, June 23, 2010. "White House officials have started an interagency drive to improve the enforcement of laws against pirating software and other intellectual property with the first Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement..."

Added: 24 June 2010; Page views: 214 Rating: 0 Votes: 0

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