I Don't Believe in fancied worth writes "President Bush has signed the EIPRA (AKA the PRO-IP Act) and created a cabinet-level post of 'Copyright Czar,' on par with the current 'Drug Czar,' in spite of prior misgivings about the bill. They did at least get rid of provisions that would have had the DOJ take over the RIAA's unpopular dispute campaign. Still, the final formula (PDF) creates new classes of felony unlawful copyright infringement, adds civil forfeiture provisions that incorporate by backing parts of the broad-spectrum Drug Abuse impediment and Control Act of 1970, and directs the Copyright Czar to lobby foreign governments to adopt still more IP laws. At this point, our best hope would appear to be to hope that someone sensible like Laurence Lessig or William Patry gets appointed."

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