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Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Congress passes bill against counterfeiting of manufactures
Holly Manges Jones at 6:33 PM ET
making usa laws protecting trademarks even stronger - that was possible?
[the comment that used to be here was deleted because our lawyer suspected it might leave us open to a suit in defamation. counterfeiters are hardcore!]
Congress passes bill against counterfeiting of manufactures
Holly Manges Jones at 6:33 PM ET
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] Tuesday approved a bill to bolster anti-counterfeiting laws expected to prevent billions of dollars in losses to US manufacturers. The Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act [text, PDF], passed by the Senate last month, mandates the elimination of all equipment used to make counterfeit goods and strengthens laws which prohibit the use of fake trademark labels. American auto suppliers have voiced support for the measure due to losses in revenue and safety concerns over the manufacturing of counterfeit brake pads which proved to be faulty.surely the equipment used to make counterfeit goods is pretty much the same as the stuff used to make the other stuff?
making usa laws protecting trademarks even stronger - that was possible?
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The National Association of Manufacturers [association website] estimates that fake goods make up almost $500 million of all goods produced each year, crossing industries such as pharmaceuticals, clothing, auto parts, toys, and electronics. The measure will now go to President Bush for his signature.i wonder how much of that was purchased with fake money?
AP has more.
chipper
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'tards abound. [They bound here, they bound there, pity they're not bound hand and foot.]
Unfortunately it seems some people still don't get why prohibition failed ...
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Not to mention the poisonous effect all this copyright and IP law has on innovation and the ability of poor people/poor countries to acquire goods (that can be made cheaply, but the monopoly puts on a huge markup and heaven forbid anyone make an alternative).
Not that copyright and IP don't have their good uses, it's just gone so far beyond useful these days...
Government by the corporations, for the corporations.
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as mentioned by another in his comment, this is a drop in the ocean of the us economy ...
and yes, it is a form of monopoly.
creativity is replaced with incrementalism ... you can only either create something radically new, or tinker with your own stuff ...
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corporations are getting quite antsy about what they consider to be 'dilution' of the 'value' of their 'intellectual property' (aka monopolies).
there is a growing discontent with this situation. but i suspect you're well aware of that :)
i'm beginning to think about some of these issues in the specific context of ict.