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California Rep. Zoe Lofgren Introduces Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act To Block Sites Infringing On U.S. Copyrights
U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren has introduced the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act to prevent foreign-run piracy sites from exploiting loopholes in U.S. law.
Foreign digital piracy, she adds, presents a “massive and growing threat,” costing American jobs, harming the creative community, and exposing consumers to dangerous security risks. It said more than 55 countries including Canada, the UK and Australia have tools in place similar to those proposed by Rep. Lofgren that have successfully reduced piracy’s harms while protecting consumer access to legal content. “Past U.S. efforts to curb piracy failed because they lacked due process, threatened free speech, and provided overly-broad enforcement powers that risked harming legitimate websites and the open internet,” the announcement said.
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