MPAA lauds efforts to strengthen IP laws

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The fight against piracy got a boost when Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced legislation that would strengthen the government's law enforcement resources to crack down on intellectual property theft. Film theft which costs foreign and domestic distributors, retailers and others $18 billion a year also takes a real toll on the American economy in the way of lost wages and revenue.

http://www.businessofcinema.com/boc/?file=story&id=5820

[blutach]

More pollies sell out to Big Studios.

Yanks - you can actually vote these people who trample on your fair use rights outa office. (Risking infraction for political comment here )

Regards